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 ### Requirements for outside collaborators
 
 - Working on some contribution to the project that would benefit from
-  the abillity to have PRs or Issues to be assigned to the contributor
+  the ability to have PRs or Issues to be assigned to the contributor
 - Have the support of 1 member
   - Find a member who will sponsor you
   - Send an email to kubernetes-membership@googlegroups.com