diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 3670e97..e8f8b4a 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@
         assert(d->ma_table == NULL && d->ma_fill == 0 && d->ma_used == 0);
         INIT_NONZERO_DICT_SLOTS(d);
         d->ma_lookup = lookdict_string;
-        /* The object has been implicitely tracked by tp_alloc */
+        /* The object has been implicitly tracked by tp_alloc */
         if (type == &PyDict_Type)
             _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(d);
 #ifdef SHOW_CONVERSION_COUNTS