diff --git a/README b/README
index cf41d85..cdc0f3e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Now there's this, where I rewrote j2 back in bash. I like it. Sorry about all
 the repos , but it kind of grew this way.
 
 The biggest change from j is the use of 'frecency' for weighting. Directories
-that have low ranking but were accesed recently, will quickly have higher rank.
+that have low ranking but were accessed recently, will quickly have higher rank.
 
 The -r switch preserves the old behavior.