diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Hashtable.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Hashtable.cs
index 7d10ecdefc78ca..e90c277cc0db74 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Hashtable.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Hashtable.cs
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ public virtual object? this[object key]
                     //     in the same bucket. So in the reader we need to check if the hash table is modified during above steps.
                     //
                     // Writers (Insert, Remove, Clear) will set 'isWriterInProgress' flag before it starts modifying
-                    // the hashtable and will ckear the flag when it is done.  When the flag is cleared, the 'version'
+                    // the hashtable and will clear the flag when it is done.  When the flag is cleared, the 'version'
                     // will be increased.  We will repeat the reading if a writer is in progress or done with the modification
                     // during the read.
                     //