diff --git a/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py b/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py
index a518a78dbf6..cc6b1ffe777 100644
--- a/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py
+++ b/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def __init__(
         data : DataArray
             xarray DataArray to be plotted.
         row, col : str
-            Dimesion names that define subsets of the data, which will be drawn
+            Dimension names that define subsets of the data, which will be drawn
             on separate facets in the grid.
         col_wrap : int, optional
             "Wrap" the grid the for the column variable after this number of columns,