diff --git a/pep-0573.rst b/pep-0573.rst
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@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ own reload-friendly lookup caching scheme.
 Immutable Exception Types
 -------------------------
 
-To faciliate creating static exception classes, a new function is proposed:
+To facilitate creating static exception classes, a new function is proposed:
 ``PyErr_PrepareImmutableException``. It will work similarly to ``PyErr_NewExceptionWithDoc``
 but will take a ``PyTypeObject **`` pointer, which points to a ``PyTypeObject *`` that is
 either ``NULL`` or an initialized ``PyTypeObject``.