diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicAlignment.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicAlignment.java
index 08a2143736bb2227617e81366d97f84326b4d3bd..b7af9471a9a965427a02ab02d598f8b5d4ef339c 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicAlignment.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/impl/BasicAlignment.java
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public class BasicAlignment implements Alignment {
 
     /***************************************************************************
      * The cut function suppresses from an alignment all the cell over a
-     * particulat threshold
+     * particular threshold
      **************************************************************************/
     public void cut2(double threshold) throws AlignmentException {
 	for ( Cell c : this ) {