diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index 9d890301b9..983b0bffba 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ class TransactionTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
                     enter=False,
                 )
             raise
-        # Clear the queries_log so that it's less likley to overflow (a single
+        # Clear the queries_log so that it's less likely to overflow (a single
         # test probably won't execute 9K queries). If queries_log overflows,
         # then assertNumQueries() doesn't work.
         for db_name in self._databases_names(include_mirrors=False):