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 In its default configuration, Petclinic uses an in-memory database (H2) which
 gets populated at startup with data. The h2 console is automatically exposed at `http://localhost:8080/h2-console`
-and it is possibl to inspect the content of the database using the `jdbc:h2:mem:testdb` url.
+and it is possible to inspect the content of the database using the `jdbc:h2:mem:testdb` url.
  
 A similar setup is provided for MySql in case a persistent database configuration is needed.
 Note that whenever the database type is changed, the app needs to be run with a different profile: `spring.profiles.active=mysql` for MySql.