diff --git a/graphtage/graphtage.py b/graphtage/graphtage.py
index 5d883ee..14f3496 100644
--- a/graphtage/graphtage.py
+++ b/graphtage/graphtage.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import copy as copy_module
 import mimetypes
+import warnings
 from abc import ABC, ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Collection, Iterable, Iterator
 from typing import Any, Generic, TypeVar
@@ -1014,7 +1015,7 @@ def __init__(self, *,
                  allow_list_edits=True,
                  allow_list_edits_when_same_length=True,
                  ignore_list_order=False,
-                 check_for_cyces=True,
+                 check_for_cycles: bool | None = None,
                  ignore_cycles=False,
                  printer=NULL_PRINTER,
                  **kwargs
@@ -1023,7 +1024,16 @@ def __init__(self, *,
 
         Options not specified will default to :const:`False`.
 
+        Args:
+            check_for_cycles: Whether to check the input for cycles. Omitting it, or passing :const:`None`,
+                selects the default of :const:`True`. The misspelled ``check_for_cyces`` is still accepted as a
+                deprecated alias and raises a :class:`DeprecationWarning`.
+
+        Raises:
+            TypeError: If both ``check_for_cycles`` and the deprecated ``check_for_cyces`` alias are given.
+
         """
+        check_for_cycles = self._resolve_check_for_cycles(check_for_cycles, kwargs)
         self.allow_key_edits = allow_key_edits
         """Whether to consider editing keys when matching :class:`KeyValuePairNode` objects"""
         self.allow_list_edits = allow_list_edits
@@ -1048,7 +1058,7 @@ def __init__(self, *,
         """
         self.auto_match_keys = auto_match_keys
         """Whether to automatically match key/value pairs in dictionaries if they share the same key"""
-        self.check_for_cycles = check_for_cyces
+        self.check_for_cycles = check_for_cycles
         """If possible, check for cycles in the input
 
         If `True` and if `ignore_cycles` is `False`, then a :class:`ValueError` will be raised if a cycle is detected
@@ -1063,6 +1073,40 @@ def __init__(self, *,
         for attr, value in kwargs.items():
             setattr(self, attr, value)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_check_for_cycles(check_for_cycles: bool | None, kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        """Resolves the ``check_for_cycles`` option, honoring its deprecated misspelling.
+
+        The alias is removed from ``kwargs`` so that it is not also set as an attribute by the catch-all that
+        assigns every unrecognized keyword.
+
+        Args:
+            check_for_cycles: The value given for the correctly spelled keyword, or :const:`None` if it was omitted.
+            kwargs: The unrecognized keyword arguments, modified in place.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: The value to assign to :attr:`BuildOptions.check_for_cycles`.
+
+        Raises:
+            TypeError: If both spellings were given.
+
+        """
+        deprecated = kwargs.pop("check_for_cyces", None)
+        if deprecated is not None:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The `check_for_cyces` keyword argument of BuildOptions is misspelled and deprecated; "
+                "use `check_for_cycles` instead.",
+                DeprecationWarning,
+                stacklevel=3,
+            )
+            if check_for_cycles is not None:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    "BuildOptions got both `check_for_cycles` and its deprecated alias `check_for_cyces`; "
+                    "pass only `check_for_cycles`"
+                )
+            check_for_cycles = deprecated
+        return True if check_for_cycles is None else check_for_cycles
+
     def copy(self) -> "BuildOptions":
         return copy_module.copy(self)
 
diff --git a/test/test_builder.py b/test/test_builder.py
index f1d93eb..7c8f6e9 100644
--- a/test/test_builder.py
+++ b/test/test_builder.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from inspect import signature
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from graphtage import BuildOptions, IntegerNode, ListNode, TreeNode, UnorderedListNode
@@ -37,3 +38,30 @@ def build_foo(self, obj: Foo, children: list[TreeNode]):
         tree = Tester().build_tree(Foo(10))
         self.assertIsInstance(tree, IntegerNode)
         self.assertEqual(10, tree.object)
+
+
+class TestBuildOptions(TestCase):
+    def test_check_for_cycles(self):
+        parameters = signature(BuildOptions.__init__).parameters
+        self.assertIn("check_for_cycles", parameters)
+        self.assertNotIn("check_for_cyces", parameters)
+        self.assertTrue(BuildOptions().check_for_cycles)
+        self.assertFalse(BuildOptions(check_for_cycles=False).check_for_cycles)
+
+    def test_deprecated_check_for_cycles_spelling(self):
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            options = BuildOptions(check_for_cyces=False)
+        self.assertFalse(options.check_for_cycles)
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            options = BuildOptions(check_for_cyces=True)
+        self.assertTrue(options.check_for_cycles)
+
+    def test_check_for_cycles_sets_no_misspelled_attribute(self):
+        self.assertNotIn("check_for_cyces", vars(BuildOptions(check_for_cycles=False)))
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            options = BuildOptions(check_for_cyces=False)
+        self.assertNotIn("check_for_cyces", vars(options))
+
+    def test_conflicting_check_for_cycles_spellings(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            BuildOptions(check_for_cycles=True, check_for_cyces=False)