diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 09cedea1dc88d1..1e1c198beb2c48 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ let knownGlobals = [
 
 // TODO(@jasnell): This check can be temporary. AbortController is
 // not currently supported in either Node.js 12 or 10, making it
-// difficult to run tests comparitively on those versions. Once
+// difficult to run tests comparatively on those versions. Once
 // all supported versions have AbortController as a global, this
 // check can be removed and AbortController can be added to the
 // knownGlobals list above.