diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index 09e025f8..897b90e3 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
   // -------------------
 
   // If models tend to represent a single row of data, a Backbone Collection is
-  // more analagous to a table full of data ... or a small slice or page of that
+  // more analogous to a table full of data ... or a small slice or page of that
   // table, or a collection of rows that belong together for a particular reason
   // -- all of the messages in this particular folder, all of the documents
   // belonging to this particular author, and so on. Collections maintain