diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs/lib/queue.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs/lib/queue.ts
index f425536f89937..e0e5503c3704c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs/lib/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs/lib/queue.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export interface DeadLetterQueue {
   readonly queue: IQueue;
 
   /**
-   * The number of times a message can be unsuccesfully dequeued before being moved to the dead-letter queue.
+   * The number of times a message can be unsuccessfully dequeued before being moved to the dead-letter queue.
    */
   readonly maxReceiveCount: number;
 }