diff --git a/modules/stitching/include/opencv2/stitching/detail/motion_estimators.hpp b/modules/stitching/include/opencv2/stitching/detail/motion_estimators.hpp
index 95919ea0095560544b89ed51174355b6011cc4a3..c03aa520906b2b117bdcb58c3fa4e72e92f2d96c 100644
--- a/modules/stitching/include/opencv2/stitching/detail/motion_estimators.hpp
+++ b/modules/stitching/include/opencv2/stitching/detail/motion_estimators.hpp
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ void CV_EXPORTS_W waveCorrect(CV_IN_OUT std::vector<Mat> &rmats, WaveCorrectKind
 // Auxiliary functions
 
 // Returns matches graph representation in DOT language
-String CV_EXPORTS_W matchesGraphAsString(std::vector<String> &pathes, std::vector<MatchesInfo> &pairwise_matches,
-                                            float conf_threshold);
+String CV_EXPORTS_W matchesGraphAsString(std::vector<String> &paths, std::vector<MatchesInfo> &pairwise_matches,
+                                         float conf_threshold);
 
 CV_EXPORTS_W std::vector<int>  leaveBiggestComponent(
         std::vector<ImageFeatures> &features,
diff --git a/modules/stitching/src/motion_estimators.cpp b/modules/stitching/src/motion_estimators.cpp
index 29616a4915b657f7d5ebba922d50f7f870a520df..dfe929f9ba629a9adf6d43bb70b408b1012ef8df 100644
--- a/modules/stitching/src/motion_estimators.cpp
+++ b/modules/stitching/src/motion_estimators.cpp
@@ -1018,13 +1018,13 @@ void waveCorrect(std::vector<Mat> &rmats, WaveCorrectKind kind)
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-String matchesGraphAsString(std::vector<String> &pathes, std::vector<MatchesInfo> &pairwise_matches,
-                                float conf_threshold)
+String matchesGraphAsString(std::vector<String> &paths, std::vector<MatchesInfo> &pairwise_matches,
+                            float conf_threshold)
 {
     std::stringstream str;
     str << "graph matches_graph{\n";
 
-    const int num_images = static_cast<int>(pathes.size());
+    const int num_images = static_cast<int>(paths.size());
     std::set<std::pair<int,int> > span_tree_edges;
     DisjointSets comps(num_images);
 
@@ -1050,12 +1050,12 @@ String matchesGraphAsString(std::vector<String> &pathes, std::vector<MatchesInfo
         std::pair<int,int> edge = *itr;
         if (span_tree_edges.find(edge) != span_tree_edges.end())
         {
-            String name_src = pathes[edge.first];
+            String name_src = paths[edge.first];
             size_t prefix_len = name_src.find_last_of("/\\");
             if (prefix_len != String::npos) prefix_len++; else prefix_len = 0;
             name_src = name_src.substr(prefix_len, name_src.size() - prefix_len);
 
-            String name_dst = pathes[edge.second];
+            String name_dst = paths[edge.second];
             prefix_len = name_dst.find_last_of("/\\");
             if (prefix_len != String::npos) prefix_len++; else prefix_len = 0;
             name_dst = name_dst.substr(prefix_len, name_dst.size() - prefix_len);
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ String matchesGraphAsString(std::vector<String> &pathes, std::vector<MatchesInfo
     {
         if (comps.size[comps.findSetByElem((int)i)] == 1)
         {
-            String name = pathes[i];
+            String name = paths[i];
             size_t prefix_len = name.find_last_of("/\\");
             if (prefix_len != String::npos) prefix_len++; else prefix_len = 0;
             name = name.substr(prefix_len, name.size() - prefix_len);