diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
index 77018c1a59..2b131ecb7d 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from tinygrad.codegen.simplify import pm_simplify_ranges, pm_flatten_range, pm_s
 from tinygrad.schedule.rangeify import pm_mops
 from tinygrad.codegen.late.linearizer import CFGContext, pm_split_ends, pm_add_control_flow, linearize
 from tinygrad.codegen.late.regalloc import LinearScanRegallocContext, pm_regalloc_rewrite
-from tinygrad.codegen.late.coalesce import memory_coalesing, pm_simplify_add_image
+from tinygrad.codegen.late.coalesce import memory_coalescing, pm_simplify_add_image
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_same, flatten, argsort, partition
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import _align_left, _broadcast_shape, identity_element
 from tinygrad.schedule.rangeify import BufferizeOpts
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ def full_rewrite_to_sink(ast:UOp, ren:Renderer, optimize:bool=True) -> UOp:
   # simplify indexing
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, indexing_simplify, name="simplify load/store indexing")
 
-  # some coalesing misses without this
+  # some coalescing misses without this
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym, name="early symbolic")
 
-  # do memory coalesing (late)
-  sink = memory_coalesing(sink, ren)
+  # do memory coalescing (late)
+  sink = memory_coalescing(sink, ren)
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, symbolic_simple+ew_devectorizer+pm_simplify_add_image, name="add images", ctx=({}, ren), bottom_up=True)
 
   # extra symbolic before decomp. crashes without this?
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalesce.py b/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalesce.py
index eeee6a4b1c..24429c44d6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalesce.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalesce.py
@@ -97,16 +97,16 @@ pm_simplify_add_image = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat.var("x", dtype=dtypes.float).cast(dtypes.half).cast(dtypes.float), lambda x: x),
 ])
 
-def memory_coalesing(sink:UOp, ctx:Renderer) -> UOp:
+def memory_coalescing(sink:UOp, ctx:Renderer) -> UOp:
   if getenv("DMC"): return sink
 
   # collect
   memory: defaultdict[tuple[Ops, UOp, UOp|str, UOp], dict[int, list[UOp]]] = defaultdict(dict)
   for u in sink.toposort():
-    # TODO: this should handle images too, it's just memory coalesing
+    # TODO: this should handle images too, it's just memory coalescing
     if u.op in {Ops.LOAD, Ops.STORE}:
-      assert len(u.src) == (2 if u.op is Ops.STORE else 1), "memory coalesing does not support gated loads/stores"
-      assert u.src[0].op is Ops.INDEX, f"memory coalesing should be on INDEX, not {u.src[0].op}"
+      assert len(u.src) == (2 if u.op is Ops.STORE else 1), "memory coalescing does not support gated loads/stores"
+      assert u.src[0].op is Ops.INDEX, f"memory coalescing should be on INDEX, not {u.src[0].op}"
       buf, idx_u = u.src[0].src
       if buf.addrspace == AddrSpace.REG: continue
       idx, valid = idx_u.get_idx(), idx_u.get_valid()
@@ -162,4 +162,4 @@ def memory_coalesing(sink:UOp, ctx:Renderer) -> UOp:
         full_grp = full_grp[length:]
 
   # apply
-  return sink.substitute(replacements, name="memory coalesing")
+  return sink.substitute(replacements, name="memory coalescing")