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 * [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) is a command line toolbox to
   manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
 * [ffplay](http://ffmpeg.org/ffplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player.
-* [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analisys tool to inspect
+* [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analysis tool to inspect
   multimedia content.
 * Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`.