diff --git a/specification/modules/search.rst b/specification/modules/search.rst
index 089953d2..655b1ed3 100644
--- a/specification/modules/search.rst
+++ b/specification/modules/search.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The supported keys to search over are:
 The search will *not* include rooms that are end to end encrypted.
 
 The results include a ``rank`` key that can be used to sort the results by
-revelancy. The higher the ``rank`` the more relevant the result is.
+relevancy. The higher the ``rank`` the more relevant the result is.
 
 The value of ``count`` may not match the number of results. For example due to
 the search query matching 1000s of results and the server truncating the