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 ## `baseapp`
 
-`baseapp` is the boilerplate implementation of a Cosmos SDK application. It comes with an implementation of the ABCI to handle the connexion with the underlying consensus engine. Typically, a Cosmos SDK application extends `baseapp` by embedding it in [`app.go`](../basics/app-anatomy.md#core-application-file). See an example of this from the SDK application tutorial:
+`baseapp` is the boilerplate implementation of a Cosmos SDK application. It comes with an implementation of the ABCI to handle the connection with the underlying consensus engine. Typically, a Cosmos SDK application extends `baseapp` by embedding it in [`app.go`](../basics/app-anatomy.md#core-application-file). See an example of this from the SDK application tutorial:
 
 +++ https://github.com/cosmos/sdk-tutorials/blob/c6754a1e313eb1ed973c5c91dcc606f2fd288811/app.go#L72-L92