diff --git a/test/rankcorr.jl b/test/rankcorr.jl
index 93e69df..f151ced 100644
--- a/test/rankcorr.jl
+++ b/test/rankcorr.jl
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ end
     x = rand(1000, 100)
     xm = ifelse.(x .< 0.01, missing, x)
 
-    #=When executing code such as corkendall(x) allocations are approximatelty affine in the
+    #=When executing code such as corkendall(x) allocations are approximately affine in the
     number of threads, thanks to use of task-local storage. The tests below have a "safety
     factor" of 1.2 against the expected size of allocations.
     =#