diff --git a/changelog/11333.trivial.rst b/changelog/11333.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..846f79e34a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/11333.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Corrected the spelling of ``Config.ArgsSource.INVOCATION_DIR``.
+The previous spelling ``INCOVATION_DIR`` remains as an alias.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
index 8dbaf7c70e5..1d9c49aa111 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
@@ -953,7 +953,8 @@ class ArgsSource(enum.Enum):
         #: Command line arguments.
         ARGS = enum.auto()
         #: Invocation directory.
-        INCOVATION_DIR = enum.auto()
+        INVOCATION_DIR = enum.auto()
+        INCOVATION_DIR = INVOCATION_DIR  # backwards compatibility alias
         #: 'testpaths' configuration value.
         TESTPATHS = enum.auto()
 
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ def _decide_args(
             else:
                 result = []
             if not result:
-                source = Config.ArgsSource.INCOVATION_DIR
+                source = Config.ArgsSource.INVOCATION_DIR
                 result = [str(invocation_dir)]
         return result, source
 
diff --git a/testing/test_config.py b/testing/test_config.py
index 04161f238d8..ded30790188 100644
--- a/testing/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/test_config.py
@@ -507,6 +507,24 @@ def pytest_load_initial_conftests(early_config, parser, args):
         result = pytester.runpytest("--foo=1")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("* no tests ran in *")
 
+    def test_args_source_args(self, pytester: Pytester):
+        config = pytester.parseconfig("--", "test_filename.py")
+        assert config.args_source == Config.ArgsSource.ARGS
+
+    def test_args_source_invocation_dir(self, pytester: Pytester):
+        config = pytester.parseconfig()
+        assert config.args_source == Config.ArgsSource.INVOCATION_DIR
+
+    def test_args_source_testpaths(self, pytester: Pytester):
+        pytester.makeini(
+            """
+            [pytest]
+            testpaths=*
+        """
+        )
+        config = pytester.parseconfig()
+        assert config.args_source == Config.ArgsSource.TESTPATHS
+
 
 class TestConfigCmdlineParsing:
     def test_parsing_again_fails(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None: