diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emailvalidation/EmailValidation.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emailvalidation/EmailValidation.java
index 4d68ea9c55..f80c87ea01 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emailvalidation/EmailValidation.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emailvalidation/EmailValidation.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class EmailValidation {
 
-    public static boolean patternMatcher(String emailAddress, String regexPattern) {
+    public static boolean patternMatches(String emailAddress, String regexPattern) {
         return Pattern.compile(regexPattern)
             .matcher(emailAddress)
             .matches();