diff --git a/src/rax.c b/src/rax.c
index 92b36755..b652928a 100644
--- a/src/rax.c
+++ b/src/rax.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ int raxIteratorNextStep(raxIterator *it, int noup) {
     }
 }
 
-/* Seek the grestest key in the subtree at the current node. Return 0 on
+/* Seek the greatest key in the subtree at the current node. Return 0 on
  * out of memory, otherwise 1. This is an helper function for different
  * iteration functions below. */
 int raxSeekGreatest(raxIterator *it) {