diff --git a/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h b/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h
index bd90262cba9f..3b2504730fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h
+++ b/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * Commands used by the driver. Command indices are in range [0..63].
  * Application specific command indices are ORed with
  * @ref SDMMC_ACMD_PREFIX (0x80) and thus marked as application specific.
- * @ref SDMMC_ACMD_PREFIX can be used to check wether a given command index
+ * @ref SDMMC_ACMD_PREFIX can be used to check whether a given command index
  * specifies an application specific command.
  */
 typedef enum {