diff --git a/18-asyncio/charfinder/charfinder.py b/18-asyncio/charfinder/charfinder.py
index 4e97a0a..c061f90 100755
--- a/18-asyncio/charfinder/charfinder.py
+++ b/18-asyncio/charfinder/charfinder.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def find_chars(self, query, start=0, stop=None):
         result_sets = []
         for word in tokenize(query):
             chars = self.index.get(word)
-            if chars is None:  # shorcut: no such word
+            if chars is None:  # shortcut: no such word
                 result_sets = []
                 break
             result_sets.append(chars)
diff --git a/attic/concurrency/charfinder/charfinder.py b/attic/concurrency/charfinder/charfinder.py
index d18db89..72e21a4 100755
--- a/attic/concurrency/charfinder/charfinder.py
+++ b/attic/concurrency/charfinder/charfinder.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def find_chars(self, query, start=0, stop=None):
         for word in tokenize(query):
             if word in self.index:
                 result_sets.append(self.index[word])
-            else:  # shorcut: no such word
+            else:  # shortcut: no such word
                 result_sets = []
                 break
         if result_sets: