diff --git a/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md b/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md
index 19a1424a..689fc51e 100644
--- a/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md
+++ b/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ try {
 
 As we can see, that's a `SyntaxError`.
 
-And in our case, the absense of `name` could be treated as a syntax error also, assuming that users must have a `name`.
+And in our case, the absence of `name` could be treated as a syntax error also, assuming that users must have a `name`.
 
 So let's throw it: