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 ## **0.18.0** December 19th 2016
 
-Today, we're exited to release the much-anticipated Hugo 0.18!
+Today, we're excited to release the much-anticipated Hugo 0.18!
 
 We're heading towards the end of the year 2016, and we can look back on three releases and a steady growing community around the project.
 This release includes **over 220 contributions by nearly 50 contributors** to the main codebase.