diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b03cccc..eedb19a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ We are an open source project and we highly appreciate contributions. At the sam
   - 🔮 open source
   - 🩸 feminist and gender inclusive
   - 🔒 secure: data entered stays with that person/on their device
-  - 🔬 science based: we implemented the symptothermal method
-  
+  - 🔬 science based: we implemented the sympto-thermal method
+
 This means that we will never implement anything that contradicts these core values. Some examples: We will never build a cloud integration, we will never make an ovulation prediction.
+
 - If you would like to make a sustainable contribution to the project, we would be happy to join the game.
 
 ### Reporting Bugs or Making Suggestions
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ If you found a bug or have suggestions, please :one: first review the [list of e
 - If you want to open a merge request, yeah :tada: exciting! We are using a template for merge requests to make sure we explain what we have done and why.
 - Keep in mind that people who will review your merge request are more motivated to do so when the merge request is well explained and ideally not too big.
 
-
 ### Thank you
 
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diff --git a/i18n/en/settings.js b/i18n/en/settings.js
index 6f4ae40..0e5f5a1 100644
--- a/i18n/en/settings.js
+++ b/i18n/en/settings.js
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ export default {
   secondarySymptom: {
     title: 'Secondary symptom',
     cervixModeOn:
-      'Cervix values are being used for symptothermal fertility detection. You can switch here to use cervical mucus values for symptothermal fertility detection',
+      'Cervix values are being used for sympto-thermal fertility detection. You can switch here to use cervical mucus values for sympto-thermal fertility detection',
     cervixModeOff:
-      'By default, cervical mucus values are being used for symptothermal fertility detection. You can switch here to use cervix values for symptothermal fertility detection',
+      'By default, cervical mucus values are being used for sympto-thermal fertility detection. You can switch here to use cervix values for sympto-thermal fertility detection',
     disabled: {
       title: 'Disabled',
       message:
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ Making any changes to your password setting will keep your data as it was before
   },
   preOvu: {
     title: 'Infertile days at cycle start',
-    note: `drip. applies the sympto-thermal method for calculating infertile days at the start of the cycle (see ${links.wiki.url} for more info). However, drip. does not currently apply the so called 20-day-rule, which determines infertile days at the cycle start from past cycle lengths in case no past symptothermal info is available.`,
+    note: `drip. applies the sympto-thermal method for calculating infertile days at the start of the cycle (see ${links.wiki.url} for more info). However, drip. does not currently apply the so called 20-day-rule, which determines infertile days at the cycle start from past cycle lengths in case no past sympto-thermal info is available.`,
   },
 }