diff --git a/docs/template.json b/docs/template.json
index 093aec3..089e0af 100644
--- a/docs/template.json
+++ b/docs/template.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "mask"
+        "TransformationMode": "mask",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "dsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "mask"
+        "TransformationMode": "mask",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     }
 ]
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cdf53e4..679110d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ func main() {
 		// Apply transformations from template files
 		for i, template := range transformationTemplateArray {
 			if i == 0 {
-				temporaryMap = transform.TransformationController(primaryMap, template.TransformationMode, template.StartIndex, template.EndIndex, template.Verbose, template.ReplacementMask, transformationFilesMap, template.Bypass, *debugMode, *passPhraseWords)
+				temporaryMap = transform.TransformationController(primaryMap, template.TransformationMode, template.StartIndex, template.EndIndex, template.Verbose, template.ReplacementMask, transformationFilesMap, template.Bypass, *debugMode, template.PassphraseWords)
 			} else {
-				temporaryMap = utils.CombineMaps(temporaryMap, transform.TransformationController(primaryMap, template.TransformationMode, template.StartIndex, template.EndIndex, template.Verbose, template.ReplacementMask, transformationFilesMap, template.Bypass, *debugMode, *passPhraseWords))
+				temporaryMap = utils.CombineMaps(temporaryMap, transform.TransformationController(primaryMap, template.TransformationMode, template.StartIndex, template.EndIndex, template.Verbose, template.ReplacementMask, transformationFilesMap, template.Bypass, *debugMode, template.PassphraseWords))
 			}
 		}
 		primaryMap = temporaryMap
diff --git a/pkg/models/models.go b/pkg/models/models.go
index 9d87410..03d176f 100644
--- a/pkg/models/models.go
+++ b/pkg/models/models.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type TemplateFileOperation struct {
 	ReplacementMask    string
 	Bypass             bool
 	TransformationMode string
+	PassphraseWords    int
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pkg/transform/transform.go b/pkg/transform/transform.go
index 49c2084..0bc787e 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/transform.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/transform.go
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ import (
 //	use for modes like retain-mask
 //	bypass (bool): If true, the map is not used for output or filtering
 //	debug (int): Different debug levels to use for debugging [0-2]
-//	passphraseWord (int): The number of words to use for passphrase generation
+//	passphraseWords (int): The number of words to use for passphrase generation
 //
 // Returns:
 //
 //	(map[string]int): A map of transformed values
-func TransformationController(input map[string]int, mode string, startingIndex int, endingIndex int, verbose bool, replacementMask string, transformationFilesMap map[string]int, bypass bool, debug int, passphraseWord int) (output map[string]int) {
+func TransformationController(input map[string]int, mode string, startingIndex int, endingIndex int, verbose bool, replacementMask string, transformationFilesMap map[string]int, bypass bool, debug int, passphraseWords int) (output map[string]int) {
 
 	functionDebug := false
 	if debug > 1 {
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ func TransformationController(input map[string]int, mode string, startingIndex i
 		}
 		output = mask.ShuffleMap(input, replacementMask, transformationFilesMap, bypass, functionDebug)
 	case "passphrase", "phrase", "pp":
-		if passphraseWord == 0 {
+		if passphraseWords == 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[!] Passphrase operations require use of the -w flag to specify the number of words to use\n")
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		output = MakePassphraseMap(input, transformationFilesMap, bypass, functionDebug, passphraseWord)
+		output = MakePassphraseMap(input, transformationFilesMap, bypass, functionDebug, passphraseWords)
 	default:
 		output = input
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 5047008..01991b5 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ func ReadJSONToArray(fs models.FileSystem, filenames []string) []models.Template
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[!] Error: TransformationMode must be a string\n")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
+
+			if !numRe.MatchString(fmt.Sprintf("%v", template.PassphraseWords)) {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[!] Error: PassphraseWords must be an integer\n")
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/append.json b/templates/append.json
index 19298ef..964c598 100644
--- a/templates/append.json
+++ b/templates/append.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "append"
+        "TransformationMode": "append",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "append-remove"
+        "TransformationMode": "append-remove",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "append-shift"
+        "TransformationMode": "append-shift",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     }
 ]
diff --git a/templates/inov1-6.json b/templates/inov1-6.json
index 89f937d..d6860f2 100644
--- a/templates/inov1-6.json
+++ b/templates/inov1-6.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "insert"
+        "TransformationMode": "insert",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 1,
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "overwrite"
+        "TransformationMode": "overwrite",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0    
     }
 ]
diff --git a/templates/mask.json b/templates/mask.json
index 694ed97..d108b06 100644
--- a/templates/mask.json
+++ b/templates/mask.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "ul",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "mask"
+        "TransformationMode": "mask",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "dsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "mask"
+        "TransformationMode": "mask",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "mask"
+        "TransformationMode": "mask",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     }
 ]
diff --git a/templates/prepend.json b/templates/prepend.json
index d5f628a..fca7a00 100644
--- a/templates/prepend.json
+++ b/templates/prepend.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "prepend"
+        "TransformationMode": "prepend",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "prepend-remove"
+        "TransformationMode": "prepend-remove",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     },
     {
         "StartIndex": 0,
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
         "Verbose": false,
         "ReplacementMask": "uldsb",
         "Bypass": false,
-        "TransformationMode": "prepend-shift"
+        "TransformationMode": "prepend-shift",
+        "PassphraseWords": 0
     }
 ]