diff --git a/packages/block-editor/README.md b/packages/block-editor/README.md
index 8b4c2ccfae3d5c..0adaa9e011fff2 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/README.md
+++ b/packages/block-editor/README.md
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ Undocumented declaration.
 
 <a name="useBlockProps" href="#useBlockProps">#</a> **useBlockProps**
 
-This hook is used to lighly mark an element as a block element. Call this
+This hook is used to lightly mark an element as a block element. Call this
 hook and pass the returned props to the element to mark as a block. If you
 define a ref for the element, it is important to pass the ref to this hook,
 which the hooks in turn will pass to the component through the props it
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-wrapper.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-wrapper.js
index f8bdbaef9af94e..d566521751e430 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-wrapper.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-wrapper.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { BlockListBlockContext } from './block';
 import ELEMENTS from './block-wrapper-elements';
 
 /**
- * This hook is used to lighly mark an element as a block element. Call this
+ * This hook is used to lightly mark an element as a block element. Call this
  * hook and pass the returned props to the element to mark as a block. If you
  * define a ref for the element, it is important to pass the ref to this hook,
  * which the hooks in turn will pass to the component through the props it