diff --git a/httpcore/_utils.py b/httpcore/_utils.py
index c44ff93c..ac64422b 100644
--- a/httpcore/_utils.py
+++ b/httpcore/_utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 def is_socket_readable(sock: socket.socket | None) -> bool:
     """
-    Return whether a socket, as identifed by its file descriptor, is readable.
+    Return whether a socket, as identified by its file descriptor, is readable.
     "A socket is readable" means that the read buffer isn't empty, i.e. that calling
     .recv() on it would immediately return some data.
     """