diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0c0ba3144..396472519 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ If you've made a contribution to spaCy, you should fill in the
 [spaCy contributor agreement](.github/CONTRIBUTOR_AGREEMENT.md) to ensure that
 your contribution can be used across the project. If you agree to be bound by
 the terms of the agreement, fill in the [template](.github/CONTRIBUTOR_AGREEMENT.md)
-and include it with your pull request, or sumit it separately to
+and include it with your pull request, or submit it separately to
 [`.github/contributors/`](/.github/contributors). The name of the file should be
 your GitHub username, with the extension `.md`. For example, the user
 example_user would create the file `.github/contributors/example_user.md`.