diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 84ffa7726f..2f3ad3fdfd 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ function wp_update_term( $term, $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
 
 	$tt_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT tt.term_taxonomy_id FROM $wpdb->term_taxonomy AS tt INNER JOIN $wpdb->terms AS t ON tt.term_id = t.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = %s AND t.term_id = %d", $taxonomy, $term_id) );
 
-	$wpdb->update( $wpdb->term_taxonomy, compact( 'term_id', 'taxonomy', 'description', 'parent' ), array( 'term_taxnonoy_id' => $tt_id ) );
+	$wpdb->update( $wpdb->term_taxonomy, compact( 'term_id', 'taxonomy', 'description', 'parent' ), array( 'term_taxonomy_id' => $tt_id ) );
 
 	do_action("edit_term", $term_id, $tt_id);
 	do_action("edit_$taxonomy", $term_id, $tt_id);