diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
index d04e68074..4c781f6a0 100644
--- a/.lycheeignore
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ https://mkdocs.org/
 https://osawards.com/javascript/#nominees
 https://osawards.com/javascript/2019
 
-# Timeout error, maybe Twitter has anti-bot defences against GitHub's CI servers?
+# Timeout error, maybe Twitter has anti-bot defenses against GitHub's CI servers?
 https://twitter.com/mermaidjs_
 
 # Don't check files that are generated during the build via `pnpm docs:code`