1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index 65df62107f..e203206865 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class DictProperty:
             #
             # To exclude the KeyError from the traceback, we explicitly
             # 'raise from e1.__context__' (which is better than 'raise from None',
-            # becuase that would omit any *earlier* exceptions).
+            # because that would omit any *earlier* exceptions).
             #
             raise AttributeError(
                 "'%s' has no '%s' property" % (type(instance), self.key)