diff --git a/cf/dimensioncoordinate.py b/cf/dimensioncoordinate.py
index 9ba296c936..bc5977ec6b 100644
--- a/cf/dimensioncoordinate.py
+++ b/cf/dimensioncoordinate.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def anchor(self, value, cell=False, parameters=None, inplace=False):
         """Anchor the coordinate values.
 
         By default, the coordinate values are transformed so that the
-        first coordinate is the closet to *value* from above (below)
+        first coordinate is the closest to *value* from above (below)
         for increasing (decreasing) coordinates.
 
         If the *cell* parameter is True, then the coordinate values