diff --git a/qcodes/validators/validators.py b/qcodes/validators/validators.py
index 4b78c1fbd04e..909ea6f39f52 100644
--- a/qcodes/validators/validators.py
+++ b/qcodes/validators/validators.py
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def validate(
         Raises:
             TypeError: If not a complex number.
         """
-        # for some reason pyright does not thing numpy complex
+        # for some reason pyright does not think numpy complex
         # types as valid types here
         if not isinstance(value, self.validtypes):  # pyright: ignore
             raise TypeError(f"{repr(value)} is not complex; {context}")