diff --git a/src/autotype/AutoType.cpp b/src/autotype/AutoType.cpp
index 021607382..ac3be5b90 100644
--- a/src/autotype/AutoType.cpp
+++ b/src/autotype/AutoType.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ bool AutoType::windowMatchesUrl(const QString& windowTitle, const QString& resol
     return false;
 }
 
-bool AutoType::checkSynatx(const QString &string)
+bool AutoType::checkSyntax(const QString &string)
 {
     //checks things like {word 23}{F1 23}{~ 23}{% 23}{^}{F12}{(}{) 23}{[}{[}{]}{Delay=23}{+}{-}~+%@fixedstring
     QString allowRepetition = "(\\s[0-9]*){0,1}";
diff --git a/src/autotype/AutoType.h b/src/autotype/AutoType.h
index f38c19f67..92505b7de 100644
--- a/src/autotype/AutoType.h
+++ b/src/autotype/AutoType.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
     bool registerGlobalShortcut(Qt::Key key, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers);
     void unregisterGlobalShortcut();
     int callEventFilter(void* event);
-    static bool checkSynatx(const QString &string);
+    static bool checkSyntax(const QString &string);
     static bool checkHighRepetition(const QString &string);
     static bool checkHighDelay(const QString &string);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/entry/EditEntryWidget.cpp b/src/gui/entry/EditEntryWidget.cpp
index cb04e9005..f1bdc8145 100644
--- a/src/gui/entry/EditEntryWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/entry/EditEntryWidget.cpp
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ void EditEntryWidget::updateEntryData(Entry* entry) const
         entry->setDefaultAutoTypeSequence(QString());
     }
     else {
-        if (!AutoType::checkSynatx(m_autoTypeUi->sequenceEdit->text())) {
+        if (!AutoType::checkSyntax(m_autoTypeUi->sequenceEdit->text())) {
             //@TODO handle wrong syntax
             std::cout << "wrong syntax\n";
         }