diff --git a/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex b/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex
index 0d255ea..9e0030f 100644
--- a/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex
+++ b/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ inside the microcontroller package.
 The microcontroller thus becomes a collection of smaller components
 that can be analysed separately~\footnote{It is common for the signal paths
 in a safety critical product to be traced, and when entering a complex
-component like a micro controller, the process of heuristic de-compostion
+component like a microcontroller, the process of heuristic de-compostion
 applied to it}.