diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabPublicHandler.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabPublicHandler.cpp
index 6f217f46f4..5ecff637a1 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabPublicHandler.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabPublicHandler.cpp
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework
             InstanceOptionalReference commonOwningInstance = GetOwnerInstanceByEntityId(firstEntityIdToDelete);
 
             // If the first entity id is a container entity id, then we need to mark its parent as the common owning instance because you
-            // cannot detete an instance from itself.
+            // cannot delete an instance from itself.
             if (commonOwningInstance->get().GetContainerEntityId() == firstEntityIdToDelete)
             {
                 commonOwningInstance = commonOwningInstance->get().GetParentInstance();