diff --git a/xarray/core/dataarray.py b/xarray/core/dataarray.py
index 24e5f5736b0..05d06400f2e 100644
--- a/xarray/core/dataarray.py
+++ b/xarray/core/dataarray.py
@@ -2887,7 +2887,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, d: dict) -> "DataArray":
                 "name": "a",
             }
 
-        where "t" is the name of the dimesion, "a" is the name of the array,
+        where "t" is the name of the dimension, "a" is the name of the array,
         and x and t are lists, numpy.arrays, or pandas objects.
 
         Parameters