diff --git a/proselint/Needless.yml b/proselint/Needless.yml
index 1f2732e..820ae5c 100644
--- a/proselint/Needless.yml
+++ b/proselint/Needless.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ swap:
   conspicuity: conspicuousness
   conspiratorialist: conspirator
   constitutionist: constitutionalist
-  contingence: contigency
+  contingence: contingency
   contributary: contributory
   contumacity: contumacy
   conversible: convertible