diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index ab6ee91e54797..a9a5c93e269e5 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ function hex2num(s::AbstractString)
     return reinterpret(Float64, parse(UInt64, s, 16))
 end
 
-@deprecate num2hex(x::Union{Float16,Float32,Float64}) hex(reintepret(Unsigned, x), sizeof(x)*2)
+@deprecate num2hex(x::Union{Float16,Float32,Float64}) hex(reinterpret(Unsigned, x), sizeof(x)*2)
 @deprecate num2hex(n::Integer) hex(n, sizeof(n)*2)
 
 # PR #22742: change in isapprox semantics