diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermsEnum.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermsEnum.java
index d08d3f88c36..2248afcf6d1 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermsEnum.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermsEnum.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public abstract class TermsEnum implements BytesRefIterator {
    *  was hit. */
   public static enum SeekStatus {END, FOUND, NOT_FOUND};
 
-  /** Attemps to seek to the exact term, returning
+  /** Attempts to seek to the exact term, returning
    *  true if the term is found.  If this returns false, the
    *  enum is unpositioned.  For some codecs, seekExact may
    *  be substantially faster than {@link #seekCeil}. */