diff --git a/pandas/sparse/sparse.pyx b/pandas/sparse/sparse.pyx
index 7ab29414499fc..00d317c42b18d 100644
--- a/pandas/sparse/sparse.pyx
+++ b/pandas/sparse/sparse.pyx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ cdef class IntIndex(SparseIndex):
     def check_integrity(self):
         """
         Only need be strictly ascending and nothing less than 0 or greater than
-        totall ength
+        total length
         """
         pass