diff --git a/src/pie_modules/taskmodules/token_classification.py b/src/pie_modules/taskmodules/token_classification.py
index b4a5d2699..717813efe 100644
--- a/src/pie_modules/taskmodules/token_classification.py
+++ b/src/pie_modules/taskmodules/token_classification.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def _prepare(self, documents: Sequence[DocumentType]) -> None:
         self.labels = sorted(labels)
 
     def _post_prepare(self):
-        # creat the real token labels (BIO scheme) from the labels
+        # create the real token labels (BIO scheme) from the labels
         self.label_to_id = {"O": 0}
         current_id = 1
         for label in sorted(self.labels):