diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/validate.py b/tinygrad/uop/validate.py
index fafe08fc8e..af5b6af29b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/validate.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/validate.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ try:
   def z3_cdiv(a, b):return z3.If((a<0), z3.If(0<b, (a+(b-1))/b, (a-(b+1))/b), a/b)
   def z3_xor(a,b):
     if isinstance(a, z3.BoolRef): return a^b
-    assert a==-1 or b==-1, "xor can only be used in indexing if one of the aruments is -1"
+    assert a==-1 or b==-1, "xor can only be used in indexing if one of the arguments is -1"
     return -a-1 if b==-1 else -b-1
   z3_alu: dict[Ops, Callable] = python_alu | {Ops.MOD: lambda a,b: a-z3_cdiv(a,b)*b, Ops.IDIV: z3_cdiv, Ops.SHR: lambda a,b: a/(2**b.as_long()),
     Ops.SHL: lambda a,b: a*(2**b.as_long()), Ops.AND: lambda a,b: a%(b+1) if isinstance(b, z3.ArithRef) else a&b, Ops.WHERE: z3.If, Ops.XOR: z3_xor,