diff --git a/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim b/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim
index 5a64bdb..9925ba5 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 " Intentionally leaving out all of the normal, well known operators
 syn match   chaiscriptOperator     "\.\."
 
-" Guard seperator as an operator
+" Guard separator as an operator
 syn match   chaiscriptOperator     ":"
 
 " Comments