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 [Documentation][5] | [Reference Maps][15] | [Notebook Examples][16] | [API][17]
 
-`datar` is a re-imagining of APIs for data manipulation in python with multiple backends supported. Those APIs are aligned with tidyrverse packages in R as much as possible.
+`datar` is a re-imagining of APIs for data manipulation in python with multiple backends supported. Those APIs are aligned with tidyverse packages in R as much as possible.
 
 ## Installation