diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/config.py b/deepspeed/runtime/config.py
index 78e9eaaf1b3f..26c10f3b0e35 100755
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/config.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/config.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def get_sparse_fixed_config(sparsity):
         sparsity,
         SPARSE_HORIZONTAL_GLOBAL_ATTENTION,
         SPARSE_HORIZONTAL_GLOBAL_ATTENTION_DEFAULT)
-    num_differnt_global_patterns = get_scalar_param(
+    num_different_global_patterns = get_scalar_param(
         sparsity,
         SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS,
         SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS_DEFAULT)
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def get_sparse_fixed_config(sparsity):
         SPARSE_NUM_GLOBAL_BLOCKS: num_global_blocks,
         SPARSE_ATTENTION_TYPE: attention,
         SPARSE_HORIZONTAL_GLOBAL_ATTENTION: horizontal_global_attention,
-        SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS: num_differnt_global_patterns
+        SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS: num_different_global_patterns
     }
 
 
diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/constants.py b/deepspeed/runtime/constants.py
index 57bd5ecf81fc..ea767b93e68d 100755
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/constants.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/constants.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 SPARSE_ATTENTION_TYPE_DEFAULT = "bidirectional"
 SPARSE_HORIZONTAL_GLOBAL_ATTENTION = "horizontal_global_attention"
 SPARSE_HORIZONTAL_GLOBAL_ATTENTION_DEFAULT = False
-SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS = "num_differnt_global_patterns"
+SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS = "num_different_global_patterns"
 SPARSE_NUM_DIFFERENT_GLOBAL_PATTERNS_DEFAULT = 1
 SPARSE_NUM_RANDOM_BLOCKS = "num_random_blocks"
 SPARSE_NUM_RANDOM_BLOCKS_DEFAULT = 0