diff --git a/core/verkle_witness_test.go b/core/verkle_witness_test.go
index de2280ced1..8cb4b48ce7 100644
--- a/core/verkle_witness_test.go
+++ b/core/verkle_witness_test.go
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ func TestProcessVerkleSelfDestructInSameTxWithSelfBeneficiaryAndPrefundedAccount
 		contract   = crypto.CreateAddress(deployer, 0)
 	)
 	// Prefund the account, at an address that the contract will be deployed at,
-	// before it selfdestrucs. We can therefore check that the account itseld is
+	// before it selfdestructs. We can therefore check that the account itself is
 	// NOT destroyed, which is what the current version of the spec requires.
 	// TODO(gballet) revisit after the spec has been modified.
 	gspec.Alloc[contract] = types.Account{