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 The JSON output is useful if you want to analyze the benchmark results in more detail. The
 [`scripts/`](https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine/tree/master/scripts) folder includes a lot
 of helpful Python programs to further analyze benchmark results and create helpful
-visualizations, like a histogram of runtimes or a whisker plot to comare
+visualizations, like a histogram of runtimes or a whisker plot to compare
 multiple benchmarks:
 
 | ![](doc/histogram.png) | ![](doc/whisker.png) |