@vindex resize-mini-windows
Normally, the minibuffer window occupies a single screen line.
However, if you add two or more lines' worth of text into the
-minibuffer, it expands automatically to accomodate the text. The
+minibuffer, it expands automatically to accommodate the text. The
variable @code{resize-mini-windows} controls the resizing of the
minibuffer. The default value is @code{grow-only}, which means the
behavior we have just described. If the value is @code{t}, the