diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
index 72a709bd4e0..18476f50c2b 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ public class ComplexPhraseQueryParser extends QueryParser {
 
         if (qc instanceof BooleanQuery || qc instanceof SynonymQuery) {
           ArrayList<SpanQuery> sc = new ArrayList<>();
-          BooleanQuery booleanCaluse =
+          BooleanQuery booleanClause =
               qc instanceof BooleanQuery ? (BooleanQuery) qc : convert((SynonymQuery) qc);
-          addComplexPhraseClause(sc, booleanCaluse);
+          addComplexPhraseClause(sc, booleanClause);
           if (sc.size() > 0) {
             allSpanClauses[i] = sc.get(0);
           } else {