diff --git a/Classes/Fusion/Implementation.php b/Classes/Fusion/Implementation.php
index cd81100..812db31 100644
--- a/Classes/Fusion/Implementation.php
+++ b/Classes/Fusion/Implementation.php
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ public function getThreshold()
         return $this->fusionValue('threshold');
     }
 
-    public function getThrowExeption()
+    public function getThrowException()
     {
-        return $this->fusionValue('throwExeption');
+        return $this->fusionValue('throwException');
     }
 
     public function texFileExists(string $language): bool
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ public function evaluate()
         if (!$this->texFileExists($language)) {
             $firstPartOfLanguage = explode('-', $language)[0];
             if ($firstPartOfLanguage === $language) {
-                if ($this->getThrowExeption()) {
+                if ($this->getThrowException()) {
                     throw new \Exception("Hyphen definition for '$language' is not available", 1614949800);
                 }
                 return $this->getContent();
             }
             if (!$this->texFileExists($firstPartOfLanguage)) {
-                if ($this->getThrowExeption()) {
+                if ($this->getThrowException()) {
                     throw new \Exception("Hyphen definition for '$firstPartOfLanguage' is not available", 1614949900);
                 }
                 return $this->getContent();
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d12aaf..c4c8e9d 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ prototype(Foo.Bar:Component) {
 
 **threshold** (integer, default = `0`) : Minimum amount characters a word needs to have, before it is being hyphenated.
 
-**throwExeption** (boolean, default = `true`) : Throw Exeption if no hyphen definition is found
+**throwException** (boolean, default = `true`) : Throw exception if no hyphen definition is found
 
 ## Credits
 
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Fusion/Root.fusion b/Resources/Private/Fusion/Root.fusion
index d3c4ef1..f656086 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Fusion/Root.fusion
+++ b/Resources/Private/Fusion/Root.fusion
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ prototype(Carbon.Hyphen:Component) < prototype(Neos.Fusion:Component) {
     locale = null
     threshold = 0
 
-    // Throw Exeption if no hyphen definition is found
-    throwExeption = true
+    // Throw exception if no hyphen definition is found
+    throwException = true
 
     inBackend = ${documentNode.context.inBackend}
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ prototype(Carbon.Hyphen:Component) < prototype(Neos.Fusion:Component) {
             type={props.type}
             locale={props.locale}
             threshold={props.threshold}
-            throwExeption={props.throwExeption}
+            throwException={props.throwException}
             content={props.content}
         />
     `