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 # Plugins
 
-One can follow [a simple example](plugin_example/) to add their own format by creating and installing plugins. It's crirical to add the [Format](dpdata/format.py) class to `entry_points['dpdata.plugins']` in `setup.py`:
+One can follow [a simple example](plugin_example/) to add their own format by creating and installing plugins. It's critical to add the [Format](dpdata/format.py) class to `entry_points['dpdata.plugins']` in `setup.py`:
 ```py
     entry_points={
         'dpdata.plugins': [