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 **What are the Core Security Assumptions of Wormhole?**
 
-- Wormhole's core security primative is its signed messages (signed VAAs).
+- Wormhole's core security primitive is its signed messages (signed VAAs).
 
 - The Guardian network is currently secured by a collection of 19 of the world's top validator companies, [listed here](https://wormhole.com/network/).
 - Guardians produce signed state attestations (signed VAAs), when requested by a Core Contract integrator.