diff --git a/src/formats/frontmatter.js b/src/formats/frontmatter.js
index 43aadf46..251a99d9 100644
--- a/src/formats/frontmatter.js
+++ b/src/formats/frontmatter.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function inferFrontmatterFormat(str) {
     case "{":
       return { language: "json", delimiters: ["{", "}"] };
     default:
-      throw "Unrecgonized front-matter format.";
+      throw "Unrecognized front-matter format.";
   }
 }