diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index df1e255..fc08afa 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ function node_access($op, $node, $account = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {
   $cid = is_object($node) ? $node->nid : $node;
 
   // If no language code was provided, default to the node's langcode or
-  // to an empty langcode if a node type was requested. The later is purely
+  // to an empty langcode if a node type was requested. The latter is purely
   // for caching purposes.
   if (empty($langcode)) {
     $langcode = is_object($node) ? $node->langcode : '';