diff --git a/Lib/profiling/sampling/__main__.py b/Lib/profiling/sampling/__main__.py
index a76ca62e2cda50..cd1425b8b9c7d3 100644
--- a/Lib/profiling/sampling/__main__.py
+++ b/Lib/profiling/sampling/__main__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 """
 
 LINUX_PERMISSION_ERROR = """
-🔒 Tachyon was unable to acess process memory. This could be because tachyon
+🔒 Tachyon was unable to access process memory. This could be because tachyon
 has insufficient privileges (the required capability is CAP_SYS_PTRACE).
 Unprivileged processes cannot trace processes that they cannot send signals
 to or those running set-user-ID/set-group-ID programs, for security reasons.