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 [Classification](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_classification) aims to divide items into
 categories.
 The most common classification type is
-[binary classificaion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_classification), where there are two
+[binary classification](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_classification), where there are two
 categories, usually named positive and negative.
 If there are more than two categories, it is called
 [multiclass classification](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiclass_classification).