diff --git a/Modules/_localemodule.c b/Modules/_localemodule.c
index 876627bcf5fad8..ad618398d5b824 100644
--- a/Modules/_localemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_localemodule.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ change_locale(int category, char **oldloc)
     /* Keep a copy of the LC_CTYPE locale */
     *oldloc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL);
     if (!*oldloc) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "faild to get LC_CTYPE locale");
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "failed to get LC_CTYPE locale");
         return -1;
     }
     *oldloc = _PyMem_Strdup(*oldloc);