diff --git a/english/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/english/EnglishLetterDecoderEncoder.java b/english/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/english/EnglishLetterDecoderEncoder.java
index b0c3501..46b0f85 100644
--- a/english/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/english/EnglishLetterDecoderEncoder.java
+++ b/english/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/english/EnglishLetterDecoderEncoder.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class EnglishLetterDecoderEncoder implements LetterDecoderEncoder {
                 c = DASH_CODE;
             }
             if (c < 0 || c > 27)
-                throw new WrongCharaterException("Symblo " + string.charAt(i) + " is not small cirillic letter");
+                throw new WrongCharaterException("Symbol " + string.charAt(i) + " is not small cirillic letter");
             result = result * 28 + c;
         }
         for (int i = string.length(); i < 6; i++) {
diff --git a/russian/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/russian/RussianLetterDecoderEncoder.java b/russian/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/russian/RussianLetterDecoderEncoder.java
index 75b6bf7..802be45 100644
--- a/russian/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/russian/RussianLetterDecoderEncoder.java
+++ b/russian/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/morphology/russian/RussianLetterDecoderEncoder.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class RussianLetterDecoderEncoder implements LetterDecoderEncoder {
             }
             if (c == EE_CHAR) c = E_CHAR;
             if (c < 0 || c > 33)
-                throw new WrongCharaterException("Symblo " + string.charAt(i) + " is not small cirillic letter");
+                throw new WrongCharaterException("Symbol " + string.charAt(i) + " is not small cirillic letter");
             result = result * 34 + c;
         }
         for (int i = string.length(); i < WORD_PART_LENGHT; i++) {