diff --git a/prog-strings.qmd b/prog-strings.qmd
index 60a8f7d..4763f46 100644
--- a/prog-strings.qmd
+++ b/prog-strings.qmd
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ has_noun |>
 
 (Unsurprisingly, our heuristic for detecting nouns is poor, and also picks up adjectives like smooth and parked.)
 
-## Spitting
+## Splitting
 
 Use `str_split()` to split a string up into pieces.
 For example, we could split sentences into words: