diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 2ecde0b..c8427d1 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@
             except pywintypes.error, e:
                 # Translate pywintypes.error to WindowsError, which is
                 # a subclass of OSError.  FIXME: We should really
-                # translate errno using _sys_errlist (or simliar), but
+                # translate errno using _sys_errlist (or similar), but
                 # how can this be done from Python?
                 raise WindowsError(*e.args)
             finally: