diff --git a/lib/tangle.js b/lib/tangle.js
index 8e99b15..ac19e57 100644
--- a/lib/tangle.js
+++ b/lib/tangle.js
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Tangle {
     return path
   }
 
-  getDeletablesAndEmptyables(msgHash) {
+  getDeletablesAndErasables(msgHash) {
     const emptyables = this.#shortestPathToRoot(msgHash)
     const sorted = this.topoSort()
     const index = sorted.indexOf(msgHash)
diff --git a/test/tangle.test.js b/test/tangle.test.js
index fa90ae9..cdca19e 100644
--- a/test/tangle.test.js
+++ b/test/tangle.test.js
@@ -161,18 +161,18 @@ test('Tangle.getLipmaaSet', (t) => {
   t.end()
 })
 
-test('Tangle.getDeletablesAndEmptyables basic', (t) => {
+test('Tangle.getDeletablesAndErasables basic', (t) => {
   const tangle = new Tangle(rootPost, peer.db.records())
-  const { deletables, emptyables } = tangle.getDeletablesAndEmptyables(reply2A)
+  const { deletables, emptyables } = tangle.getDeletablesAndErasables(reply2A)
 
   t.deepEquals(deletables, [reply1Hi], 'deletables')
   t.deepEquals(emptyables, [reply1Lo, rootPost], 'emptyables')
   t.end()
 })
 
-test('Tangle.getDeletablesAndEmptyables with lipmaa', (t) => {
+test('Tangle.getDeletablesAndErasables with lipmaa', (t) => {
   const tangle = new Tangle(rootPost, peer.db.records())
-  const { deletables, emptyables } = tangle.getDeletablesAndEmptyables(reply3Lo)
+  const { deletables, emptyables } = tangle.getDeletablesAndErasables(reply3Lo)
 
   t.deepEquals(deletables, [reply1Lo, reply1Hi, reply2A], 'deletables')
   t.deepEquals(emptyables, [rootPost], 'emptyables')