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   aspect ratio</A> section.</P>
 
 <P>The scaling process is handled by the <I>'scale'</I> video filter:
-  <CODE>-vop scale=widht:height</CODE>. Its quality can be set with the
+  <CODE>-vop scale=width:height</CODE>. Its quality can be set with the
   <CODE>-sws</CODE> option. If it's not specified, MEncoder will use 0:
   fast bilinear.</P>