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 ## ✨ Features
-* Search as-you-type experience (answers < 50 milliseconds)
+* Search-as-you-type experience (answers < 50 milliseconds)
 * Full-text search
-* Typo tolerant (understands typos and miss-spelling)
+* Typo tolerant (understands typos and misspelling)
 * Faceted search and filters
-* Supports Kanji characters
-* Supports Synonym
+* Supports hanzi (Chinese characters)
+* Supports synonyms
 * Easy to install, deploy, and maintain
 * Whole documents are returned
 * Highly customizable