diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
index 631fad53d..26d896492 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
     void clear();
 
     /** Clear all shortcut caches - use before timing on marginal calculation to avoid residual cache data */
-    inline void deleteCachedShorctuts() {
+    inline void deleteCachedShortcuts() {
       root_->deleteCachedShortcuts();
     }