diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/animations/src/animation_renderer.ts b/packages/platform-browser/animations/src/animation_renderer.ts
index b67eb1a48d..3b089ced3a 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/animations/src/animation_renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/animations/src/animation_renderer.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class AnimationRendererFactory implements RendererFactory2 {
     this._cdRecurDepth--;
 
     // this is to prevent animations from running twice when an inner
-    // component does CD when a parent component insted has inserted it
+    // component does CD when a parent component instead has inserted it
     if (this._cdRecurDepth == 0) {
       this._zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
         this._scheduleCountTask();