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 ```
 
 Note that factory\_bot\_rails will not automatically load files in custom
-locations unless you add them to `config.factory_bot.defintion_file_paths` as
+locations unless you add them to `config.factory_bot.definition_file_paths` as
 well.
 
 The suffix option allows you to customize the name of the generated file with a