diff --git a/src/ConnectedComponents.php b/src/ConnectedComponents.php
index be481bc..13b4b1b 100644
--- a/src/ConnectedComponents.php
+++ b/src/ConnectedComponents.php
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public function getNumberOfComponents()
     }
 
     /**
-     * separate input graph into separate independant and unconnected graphs
+     * separate input graph into separate independent and unconnected graphs
      *
      * @return Graph[]
      * @uses Graph::getVertices()