Fixed typos in erts

59 files changed, 96 insertions, 96 deletions

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 4e32118405..29fef7348b 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
           this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment
           variables (see section <seealso
           marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">
-          Unicode in Enviroment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
+          Unicode in Environment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
           User's Guide).</p>
       </item>
       <tag><c><![CDATA[+fnu[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag>
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
           this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment
           variables (see section <seealso
           marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">
-          Unicode in Enviroment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
+          Unicode in Environment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
           User's Guide).</p>
       </item>
       <tag><c><![CDATA[+fna[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag>
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
           this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment
           variables (see section <seealso
           marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">
-          Unicode in Enviroment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
+          Unicode in Environment and Parameters</seealso> in the STDLIB
           User's Guide).</p>
       </item>
       <tag><c><![CDATA[+hms Size]]></c></tag>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml
index 43613c31b1..2681a19da0 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_tracer.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
           <item>If set the tracer has been requested to include a
             time stamp.</item>
           <tag><c>extra</c></tag>
-          <item>If set the tracepoint has included additonal data about
+          <item>If set the tracepoint has included additional data about
             the trace event. What the additional data is depends on which
             <c>TraceTag</c> has been triggered. The <c>extra</c> trace data
             corresponds to the fifth element in the trace tuples described in
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 8d340a15f5..352d30f3b4 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -4591,7 +4591,7 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
         <p>If the process potentially can get many messages,
           you are advised to set the flag to <c>off_heap</c>. This
           because a garbage collection with many messages placed on
-          the heap can become extremly expensive and the process can
+          the heap can become extremely expensive and the process can
           consume large amounts of memory. Performance of the
           actual message passing is however generally better when not
           using flag <c>off_heap</c>.</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
index 8ab35851c1..49dadfb42c 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
             utilization value &gt; 0 is used, allocator instances
             are allowed to abandon multiblock carriers. If <c>de</c> (default
             enabled) is passed instead of a <c><![CDATA[<utilization>]]></c>,
-            a recomended non-zero utilization value is used. The value
+            a recommended non-zero utilization value is used. The value
             chosen depends on the allocator type and can be changed between
             ERTS versions. Defaults to <c>de</c>, but this
             can be changed in the future.</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
index ae1d2b1d93..05142c9338 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
       <list>
         <item>
           <p>
-	    Fixed a VM crash that occured in a garbage collection of
+	    Fixed a VM crash that occurred in a garbage collection of
 	    a process when it had received binaries. This bug was
 	    introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p>
           <p>
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
       <list>
         <item>
           <p>
-	    Fixed a VM crash that occured in garbage collection of a
+	    Fixed a VM crash that occurred in garbage collection of a
 	    process when it had received maps over the distribution.
 	    This bug was introduced in ERTS version 8.0 (OTP 19.0).</p>
           <p>
@@ -5682,7 +5682,7 @@
 	    dependent, so applications aiming to be portable should
 	    consider using <c>{ipv6_v6only,true}</c> when creating an
 	    <c>inet6</c> listening/destination socket, and if
-	    neccesary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same
+	    necessary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same
 	    port for IPv4 traffic. See the documentation.</p>
           <p>
 	    Own Id: OTP-8928 Aux Id: kunagi-193 [104] </p>
@@ -6063,7 +6063,7 @@
 	    This change of default value will reduce lock contention
 	    on ETS tables using the <c>read_concurrency</c> option at
 	    the expense of memory consumption when the amount of
-	    schedulers and logical processors are beween 8 and 64.
+	    schedulers and logical processors are between 8 and 64.
 	    For more information, see documentation of the <c>+rg</c>
 	    command line argument of <c>erl(1)</c>.</p>
           <p>
@@ -7040,7 +7040,7 @@
           <p>
 	    For the subsection about process_flag(save_calls, N)
 	    there's an unrelated paragraph about process priorities
-	    which was copied from the preceeding subsection regarding
+	    which was copied from the preceding subsection regarding
 	    process_flag(priority, Level). (Thanks to Filipe David
 	    Manana)</p>
           <p>
@@ -8255,7 +8255,7 @@
         <item>
           <p>
 	    Wx on MacOS X generated complains on stderr about certain
-	    cocoa functions not beeing called from the "Main thread".
+	    cocoa functions not being called from the "Main thread".
 	    This is now corrected.</p>
           <p>
 	    Own Id: OTP-9081</p>
@@ -9246,7 +9246,7 @@
         </item>
         <item>
 	    <p>The <c>empd</c> program could loop and consume 100%
-	    CPU time if an unexpected error ocurred in
+	    CPU time if an unexpected error occurred in
 	    <c>listen()</c> or <c>accept()</c>. Now <c>epmd</c> will
 	    terminate if a non-recoverable error occurs. (Thanks to
 	    Michael Santos.)</p>
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c
index 5e275c8fc5..49f932a1c2 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_emu.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ do {                                     \
 
 /*
  * We reuse some of fields in the save area in the process structure.
- * This is safe to do, since this space is only activly used when
+ * This is safe to do, since this space is only actively used when
  * the process is switched out.
  */
 #define REDS_IN(p)  ((p)->def_arg_reg[5])
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ BeamInstr* em_call_bif_e;
 
 /* NOTE These should be the only variables containing trace instructions.
 **      Sometimes tests are form the instruction value, and sometimes
-**      for the refering variable (one of these), and rouge references
+**      for the referring variable (one of these), and rouge references
 **      will most likely cause chaos.
 */
 BeamInstr beam_return_to_trace[1];   /* OpCode(i_return_to_trace) */
@@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@ do {						\
  }
 
  /*
-  * An error occured in an arithmetic operation or test that could
+  * An error occurred in an arithmetic operation or test that could
   * appear either in a head or in a body.
   * In a head, execution should continue at failure address in Arg(0).
   * In a body, Arg(0) == 0 and an exception should be raised.
@@ -6268,7 +6268,7 @@ apply_bif_error_adjustment(Process *p, Export *ep,
 	 * stackframe correct. Without the following adjustment,
 	 * 'p->cp' will point into the function that called
 	 * current function when handling the error. We add a
-	 * dummy stackframe in order to achive this.
+	 * dummy stackframe in order to achieve this.
 	 *
 	 * Note that these BIFs unconditionally will cause
 	 * an exception to be raised. That is, our modifications
@@ -6612,7 +6612,7 @@ erts_hibernate(Process* c_p, Eterm module, Eterm function, Eterm args, Eterm* re
 #ifndef ERTS_SMP
 	if (ERTS_PROC_IS_EXITING(c_p)) {
 	    /*
-	     * See comment in the begining of the function...
+	     * See comment in the beginning of the function...
 	     *
 	     * This second test is needed since gc might be traced.
 	     */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/bif.c b/erts/emulator/beam/bif.c
index 2190c47262..4c9b9887c1 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/bif.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/bif.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ demonitor_local_port(Process *origin, Eterm ref, Eterm target)
 }
 
 /* Can return atom true, false, yield, internal_error, badarg or
- * THE_NON_VALUE if error occured or trap has been set up
+ * THE_NON_VALUE if error occurred or trap has been set up
  */
 static
 BIF_RETTYPE demonitor(Process *c_p, Eterm ref, Eterm *multip)
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ BIF_RETTYPE demonitor_2(BIF_ALIST_2)
 
     switch (demonitor(BIF_P, BIF_ARG_1, &multi)) {
     case THE_NON_VALUE:
-        /* If other error occured or trap has been set up - pass through */
+        /* If other error occurred or trap has been set up - pass through */
         BIF_RET(THE_NON_VALUE);
     case am_false:
 	if (info)
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/binary.c b/erts/emulator/beam/binary.c
index d38097fb12..8f907ee8a2 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/binary.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/binary.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ new_binary(Process *p, byte *buf, Uint len)
     pb->flags = 0;
 
     /*
-     * Miscellanous updates. Return the tagged binary.
+     * Miscellaneous updates. Return the tagged binary.
      */
     OH_OVERHEAD(&(MSO(p)), pb->size / sizeof(Eterm));
     return make_binary(pb);
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Eterm erts_new_mso_binary(Process *p, byte *buf, Uint len)
     pb->flags = 0;
 
     /*
-     * Miscellanous updates. Return the tagged binary.
+     * Miscellaneous updates. Return the tagged binary.
      */
     OH_OVERHEAD(&(MSO(p)), pb->size / sizeof(Eterm));
     return make_binary(pb);
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/dist.c b/erts/emulator/beam/dist.c
index 390f2a0db3..0d25eb123e 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/dist.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/dist.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void doit_monitor_net_exits(ErtsMonitor *mon, void *vnecp)
 	goto done;
 
     if (mon->type == MON_ORIGIN) {
-	/* local pid is beeing monitored */
+	/* local pid is being monitored */
 	rmon = erts_remove_monitor(&ERTS_P_MONITORS(rp), mon->ref);
 	/* ASSERT(rmon != NULL); nope, can happen during process exit */
 	if (rmon != NULL) {
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ erts_dsig_send_unlink(ErtsDSigData *dsdp, Eterm local, Eterm remote)
 }
 
 
-/* A local process that's beeing monitored by a remote one exits. We send:
+/* A local process that's being monitored by a remote one exits. We send:
    {DOP_MONITOR_P_EXIT, Local pid or name, Remote pid, ref, reason},
    which is rather sad as only the ref is needed, no pid's... */
 int
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/dist.h b/erts/emulator/beam/dist.h
index e82b416286..39670de506 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/dist.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/dist.h
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ extern int erts_is_alive;
  * erts_dsig_prepare() prepares a send of a distributed signal.
  * One of the values defined below are returned. If the returned
  * value is another than ERTS_DSIG_PREP_CONNECTED, the
- * distributed signal cannot be sent before apropriate actions
- * have been taken. Apropriate actions would typically be setting
+ * distributed signal cannot be sent before appropriate actions
+ * have been taken. Appropriate actions would typically be setting
  * up the connection.
  */
 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/dtrace-wrapper.h b/erts/emulator/beam/dtrace-wrapper.h
index 6f70d5961e..f6fc28b801 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/dtrace-wrapper.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/dtrace-wrapper.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 #if defined(_SDT_PROBE) && !defined(STAP_PROBE11)
 /* SLF: This is Ubuntu 11-style SystemTap hackery */
-/* work arround for missing STAP macro */
+/* workaround for missing STAP macro */
 #define STAP_PROBE11(provider,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5,arg6,arg7,arg8,arg9,arg10,arg11) \
   _SDT_PROBE(provider, name, 11, \
              (arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5,arg6,arg7,arg8,arg9,arg10,arg11))
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types
index f88985b7f5..295db2fe9b 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc.types
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 # --- Allocator declarations -------------------------------------------------
 #
-# If, and only if, the same thread performes *all* allocations,
+# If, and only if, the same thread performs *all* allocations,
 # reallocations and deallocations of all memory types that are handled
 # by a specific allocator (<ALLOCATOR> in type declaration), set 
 # <MULTI_THREAD> for this specific allocator to false; otherwise, set
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
index d346f8c8b6..a6bac06478 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
@@ -5186,7 +5186,7 @@ erts_alcu_sz_info(Allctr_t *allctr,
 
     ERTS_ALCU_DBG_CHK_THR_ACCESS(allctr);
 
-    /* Update sbc values not continously updated */
+    /* Update sbc values not continuously updated */
     allctr->sbcs.blocks.curr.no
 	= allctr->sbcs.curr.norm.mseg.no + allctr->sbcs.curr.norm.sys_alloc.no;
     allctr->sbcs.blocks.max.no = allctr->sbcs.max.no;
@@ -5272,7 +5272,7 @@ erts_alcu_info(Allctr_t *allctr,
 
     ERTS_ALCU_DBG_CHK_THR_ACCESS(allctr);
 
-    /* Update sbc values not continously updated */
+    /* Update sbc values not continuously updated */
     allctr->sbcs.blocks.curr.no
 	= allctr->sbcs.curr.norm.mseg.no + allctr->sbcs.curr.norm.sys_alloc.no;
     allctr->sbcs.blocks.max.no = allctr->sbcs.max.no;
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_binary.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_binary.c
index e57cd06cec..64a5c1cb29 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_binary.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_binary.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void ac_compute_failure_functions(ACTrie *act, ACNode **qbuff)
 		qbuff[qt++] = child;
 		/* Search for correct failure function, follow the parent's
 		   failure function until you find a similar transition
-		   funtion to this child's */
+		   function to this child's */
 		r =  parent->h;
 		while (r != NULL && r->g[i] == NULL) {
 		    r = r->h;
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_gc.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_gc.c
index cb3a189e8f..8cc7fc0142 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_gc.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_gc.c
@@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@ sweep_off_heap(Process *p, int fullsweep)
     prev = &MSO(p).first;
     ptr = MSO(p).first;
 
-    /* Firts part of the list will reside on the (old) new-heap.
+    /* First part of the list will reside on the (old) new-heap.
      * Keep if moved, otherwise deref.
      */
     while (ptr) {
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_lock_count.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_lock_count.h
index 4f838f7faa..71cd73ee27 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_lock_count.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_lock_count.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct erts_lcnt_lock_stats_s {
     /* "tries" and "colls" needs to be atomic since
-     * trylock busy does not aquire a lock and there
+     * trylock busy does not acquire a lock and there
      * is no post action to rectify the situation
      */
 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_monitors.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_monitors.c
index bdfc7f30d9..f813f19dbc 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_monitors.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_monitors.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * key in the monitor case and the pid of the linked process as key in the 
  * link case. Lookups the order of the references is somewhat special. Local 
  * references are strictly smaller than remote references and are sorted 
- * by inlined comparision functionality. Remote references are handled by the
+ * by inlined comparison functionality. Remote references are handled by the
  * usual cmp function.
  * Each Monitor is tagged with different tags depending on which end of the 
  * monitor it is.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static ErtsMonitor *create_monitor(Uint type, Eterm ref, Eterm pid, Eterm name)
      n->type = (Uint16) type;
      n->balance = 0;            /* Always the same initial value */
      n->name = name; /* atom() or [] */
-     CP_LINK_VAL(n->ref, hp, ref); /*XXX Unneccesary check, never immediate*/
+     CP_LINK_VAL(n->ref, hp, ref); /*XXX Unnecessary check, never immediate*/
      CP_LINK_VAL(n->pid, hp, pid);
 
      return n;
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
index 87d71fdd22..c5a7b67764 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.c
@@ -5050,7 +5050,7 @@ check_balance(ErtsRunQueue *c_rq)
 	    sched_util_balancing = 1;
 	    /*
 	     * In order to avoid renaming a large amount of fields
-	     * we write utilization values instead of lenght values
+	     * we write utilization values instead of length values
 	     * in the 'max_len' and 'migration_limit' fields...
 	     */
 	    for (qix = 0; qix < blnc_no_rqs; qix++) {
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_ptab.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_ptab.c
index a132b1d334..828a029e84 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_ptab.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_ptab.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ erts_ptab_init_table(ErtsPTab *ptab,
 	 * we don't want to shrink the size to ERTS_PTAB_MAX_SIZE/2.
 	 *
 	 * In order to fix this, we insert a pointer from the table
-	 * to the invalid_element, wich will be interpreted as a
+	 * to the invalid_element, which will be interpreted as a
 	 * slot currently being modified. This way we will be able to
 	 * have ERTS_PTAB_MAX_SIZE-1 valid elements in the table while
 	 * still having a table size of the power of 2.
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_time_sup.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_time_sup.c
index 1d747e5fab..ed40539b78 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_time_sup.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_time_sup.c
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ static time_t gregday(int year, int month, int day)
     pyear = gyear - 1;
     ndays = (pyear/4) - (pyear/100) + (pyear/400) + pyear*365 + 366;
   }
-  /* number of days in all months preceeding month */
+  /* number of days in all months preceding month */
   for (m = 1; m < month; m++)
     ndays += mdays[m];
   /* Extra day if leap year and March or later */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/io.c b/erts/emulator/beam/io.c
index dad24d7ef6..7e49e9c48f 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/io.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/io.c
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@ void erts_init_io(int port_tab_size,
 			 NULL,
 			 (ErtsPTabElementCommon *) &erts_invalid_port.common,
 			 port_tab_size,
-			 common_element_size, /* Doesn't need to be excact */
+			 common_element_size, /* Doesn't need to be exact */
 			 "port_table",
 			 legacy_port_tab,
 			 1);
diff --git a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/efile_drv.c b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/efile_drv.c
index d64f015a6a..173a39533d 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/efile_drv.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/efile_drv.c
@@ -2331,9 +2331,9 @@ file_async_ready(ErlDrvData e, ErlDrvThreadData data)
 	free_read(data);
 	break;
       case FILE_READ_LINE:
-	  /* The read_line stucture differs from the read structure.
-	     The data->read_offset and d->c.read_line.read_offset are copies, as are 
-	     data->read_size and d->c.read_line.read_size 
+	  /* The read_line structure differs from the read structure.
+	     The data->read_offset and d->c.read_line.read_offset are copies, as are
+	     data->read_size and d->c.read_line.read_size
              The read_line function does not kniow in advance how large the binary has to be,
 	     why new allocation (but not reallocation of the old binary, for obvious reasons) 
 	     may happen in the worker thread. */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/gzio.c b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/gzio.c
index 1ef1602ec9..f60c781894 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/gzio.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/gzio.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ ErtsGzFile erts_gzopen (path, mode)
 /* ===========================================================================
      Read a byte from a gz_stream; update next_in and avail_in. Return EOF
    for end of file.
-   IN assertion: the stream s has been sucessfully opened for reading.
+   IN assertion: the stream s has been successfully opened for reading.
 */
 local int get_byte(s)
     gz_stream *s;
diff --git a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c
index 1885338ce5..278abe4e00 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int is_nonzero(const char *s, size_t n)
 #define TCP_ADDF_PENDING_SHUTDOWN \
 		(TCP_ADDF_PENDING_SHUT_WR | TCP_ADDF_PENDING_SHUT_RDWR)
 #define TCP_ADDF_SHOW_ECONNRESET   64 /* Tell user about incoming RST */
-#define TCP_ADDF_DELAYED_ECONNRESET 128 /* An ECONNRESET error occured on send or shutdown */
+#define TCP_ADDF_DELAYED_ECONNRESET 128 /* An ECONNRESET error occurred on send or shutdown */
 #define TCP_ADDF_SHUTDOWN_WR_DONE 256 /* A shutdown(sock, SHUT_WR) or SHUT_RDWR was made */
 #define TCP_ADDF_LINGER_ZERO 	  512 /* Discard driver queue on port close */
 
@@ -4132,8 +4132,8 @@ static char *inet_set_faddress(int family, inet_address* dst,
 
 /* Get a inaddr structure
 ** src = inaddr structure
-** *len is the lenght of structure
 ** dst is filled with [F,P1,P0,X1,....] 
+** *len is the length of structure
 ** where F is the family code (coded)
 ** and *len is the length of dst on return 
 ** (suitable to deliver to erlang)
diff --git a/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/sig_drv.c b/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/sig_drv.c
index 68ad6b9156..18f2038431 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/sig_drv.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/drivers/unix/sig_drv.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * %CopyrightEnd%
  */
 
-/* Purpose: demonstrate how to include interupt handlers in erlang */
+/* Purpose: demonstrate how to include interrupt handlers in erlang */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include "config.h"
diff --git a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/DelayedDealloc.md b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/DelayedDealloc.md
index b7d87b839f..4b7c774141 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/DelayedDealloc.md
+++ b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/DelayedDealloc.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the Erlang VM where memory allocation/deallocation is frequent and
 references to memory also are passed around between threads this
 solution will also scale poorly due to lock contention.
 
-Functionality Used to Adress This problem
+Functionality Used to Address This problem
 -----------------------------------------
 
 In order to reduce contention due to locking of allocator instances we
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ deallocation.
 The "message box" is implemented using a lock free single linked list
 through the memory blocks to deallocate. The order of the elements in
 this list is not important. Insertion of new free blocks will be made
-somewhere near the end of this list. Requirering that the new blocks
+somewhere near the end of this list. Requiring that the new blocks
 need to be inserted at the end would cause unnecessary contention when
 large amount of memory blocks are inserted simultaneous by multiple
 threads.
 
-The data structure refering to this single linked list cover two cache
+The data structure referring to this single linked list cover two cache
 lines. One cache line containing information about the head of the
 list, and one cache line containing information about the tail of the
 list. This in order to reduce cache line ping ponging of this data
@@ -65,21 +65,21 @@ list. In the uncontended case it will point to the end of the list,
 but when simultaneous insert operations are performed it will point to
 something near the end of the list.
 
-When insterting an element one will try to write a pointer to the new
+When inserting an element one will try to write a pointer to the new
 element in the next pointer of the element pointed to by the last
 pointer. This is done using an atomic compare and swap that expects
-the next pointer to be `NULL`. If this succeds the thread performing
+the next pointer to be `NULL`. If this succeeds the thread performing
 this operation moves the last pointer to point to the newly inserted
 element.
 
 If the atomic compare and swap described above failed, the last
 pointer didn't point to the last element. In this case we need to
-insert the new element somewhere inbetween the element that the last
+insert the new element somewhere between the element that the last
 pointer pointed to and the actual last element. If we do it this way
 the last pointer will eventually end up at the last element when
 threads stop adding new elements. When trying to insert somewhere near
 the end and failing to do so, the inserting thread sometimes moves to
-the next element and somtimes tries with the same element again. This
+the next element and sometimes tries with the same element again. This
 in order to spread the inserted elements during heavy contention. That
 is, we try to spread the modifications of memory to different
 locations instead of letting all threads continue to try to modify the
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ same location in memory.
 
 ### Head ###
 
-The head contains pointers to begining of the list (`head.first`), and
+The head contains pointers to beginning of the list (`head.first`), and
 to the first block which other threads may refer to
 (`head.unref_end`). Blocks between these pointers are only refered to
 by the head part of the data structure which is only used by the
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ contains this "marker" element.
 
 ### Contention ###
 
-When elements are continously inserted by threads not owning the
+When elements are continuously inserted by threads not owning the
 allocator instance, the thread owning the allocator instance will be
 able to work more or less undisturbed by other threads at the head end
 of the list. At the tail end large amounts of simultaneous inserts may
diff --git a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/PortSignals.md b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/PortSignals.md
index b1afb7c5cb..8782ae4e17 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/PortSignals.md
+++ b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/PortSignals.md
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ high limit is 8 KB and the low limit is 4 KB.
 
 Previously all operations sending signals to ports began by acquiring
 the port lock, then performed preparations for sending the signal, and
-then finaly sent the signal. The preparations typically included
+then finally sent the signal. The preparations typically included
 inspecting the state of the port, and preparing the data to pass along
 with the signal. The preparation of data is frequently quite time
 consuming, and did not really depend on the port. That is we would
diff --git a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/SuperCarrier.md b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/SuperCarrier.md
index 0ad6af41de..acf722ea37 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/SuperCarrier.md
+++ b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/SuperCarrier.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ To find the smallest free segment that will satisfy a carrier allocation
 size (`stree`). We search in this tree at allocation. If no free segment of
 sufficient size was found, the area (`sa` or `sua`) is instead expanded.
 If two or more free segments with equal size exist, the one at lowest
-address is choosen for `sa` and highest address for `sua`.
+address is chosen for `sa` and highest address for `sua`.
 
 At carrier deallocation, we want to coalesce with any adjacent free
 segments, to form one large free segment. To do that, all free
diff --git a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/ThreadProgress.md b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/ThreadProgress.md
index 6118bcf0f6..03a802f904 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/ThreadProgress.md
+++ b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/ThreadProgress.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ threads are managed threads.
 ### Thread Progress Events ###
 
 Any thread in the system may use the thread progress functionality in
-order to determine when the following events have occured at least
+order to determine when the following events have occurred at least
 once in all managed threads:
 
 1.  The thread has returned from other code to a known state in the
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ calling the following functions:
 *   `int erts_thr_progress_leader_update(ErtsSchedulerData *esdp)` -
     Leader update thread progress.
 
-Unmanaged threads can delay thread progress beeing made:
+Unmanaged threads can delay thread progress being made:
 
 *   `ErtsThrPrgrDelayHandle erts_thr_progress_unmanaged_delay(void)` -
     Delay thread progress.
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ doing so. If not zero, the leader isn't allowed to increment the
 global counter, and needs to wait before it can do this. When it is
 zero, it swaps the `waiting` and `current` counters before increasing
 the global counter. From now on the new `waiting` counter will
-decrease, so that it eventualy will reach zero, making it possible to
+decrease, so that it eventually will reach zero, making it possible to
 increment the global counter the next time. If we only used one
 reference counter it would potentially be held above zero for ever by
 different unmanaged threads.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ prevent the next increment of the global counter, but instead the
 increment after that. This is sufficient since the global counter
 needs to be incremented two times before thread progress has been
 made. It is also desirable not to prevent the first increment, since
-the likelyhood increases that the delay is withdrawn before any
+the likelihood increases that the delay is withdrawn before any
 increment of the global counter is delayed. That is, the operation
 will cause as little disruption as possible.
 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/Tracing.md b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/Tracing.md
index 728f315263..7f97f64765 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/internal_doc/Tracing.md
+++ b/erts/emulator/internal_doc/Tracing.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ the new instrumented code. Normally loaded code can only be reached
 through external functions calls. Trace settings must be activated
 instantaneously without the need of external function calls.
 
-The choosen solution is instead for tracing to use the technique of
+The chosen solution is instead for tracing to use the technique of
 replication applied on the data structures for breakpoints. Two
 generations of breakpoints are kept and indentified by index of 0 and
 1. The global atomic variables `erts_active_bp_index` will determine
diff --git a/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_exec.c b/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_exec.c
index 1cab78cdd8..07e662ff07 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_exec.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/pcre/pcre_exec.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ for (;;)
     the result of a recursive call to match() whatever happened so it was
     possible to reduce stack usage by turning this into a tail recursion,
     except in the case of a possibly empty group. However, now that there is
-    the possiblity of (*THEN) occurring in the final alternative, this
+    the possibility of (*THEN) occurring in the final alternative, this
     optimization is no longer always possible.
 
     We can optimize if we know there are no (*THEN)s in the pattern; at present
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mseg.c b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mseg.c
index 4dd986f4c8..1e05fd3490 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mseg.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mseg.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static ERTS_INLINE int cache_bless_segment(ErtsMsegAllctr_t *ma, void *seg, UWor
 
     ASSERT(!MSEG_FLG_IS_2POW(flags) || (MSEG_FLG_IS_2POW(flags) && MAP_IS_ALIGNED(seg) && IS_2POW(size)));
 
-    /* The idea is that sbc caching is prefered over mbc caching.
+    /* The idea is that sbc caching is preferred over mbc caching.
      * Blocks are normally allocated in mb carriers and thus cached there.
      * Large blocks has no such cache and it is up to mseg to cache them to speed things up.
      */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_child_setup.h b/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_child_setup.h
index a28b136bfc..b61e557ddf 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_child_setup.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_child_setup.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * 
  * %CopyrightEnd%
  *
- * This file defines the interface inbetween erts and child_setup.
+ * This file defines the interface between erts and child_setup.
  */
 
 #ifndef _ERL_UNIX_FORKER_H
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c
index f23c7ab03d..93013a412b 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_poll.c
@@ -842,9 +842,9 @@ event_happened:
 	    ASSERT(WAIT_OBJECT_0 < i && i < WAIT_OBJECT_0+w->active_events);
 	    notify_io_ready(ps);
 
-	    /* 
-	     * The main thread wont start working on our arrays untill we're
-	     * stopped, so we can work in peace although the main thread runs 
+	    /*
+	     * The main thread wont start working on our arrays until we're
+	     * stopped, so we can work in peace although the main thread runs
 	     */
 	    ASSERT(i >= WAIT_OBJECT_0+1);
 	    i -= WAIT_OBJECT_0;
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c
index 408b4f47ab..40e5595533 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ struct driver_data {
     int outBufSize;		/* Size of output buffer. */
     byte *outbuf;		/* Buffer to use for overlapped write. */
     ErlDrvPort port_num;	/* The port handle. */
-    int packet_bytes;		/* 0: continous stream, 1, 2, or 4: the number
+    int packet_bytes;		/* 0: continuous stream, 1, 2, or 4: the number
 				 * of bytes in the packet header.
 				 */
     HANDLE port_pid;		/* PID of the port process. */
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ int parse_command(wchar_t* cmd){
  *
  * If new == NULL we just calculate the length.
  *
- * The reason for having to quote all of the is becasue CreateProcessW removes
+ * The reason for having to quote all of the is because CreateProcessW removes
  * one level of escaping since it takes a single long command line rather
  * than the argument chunks that unix uses.
  */
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ output(ErlDrvData drv_data, char* buf, ErlDrvSizeT len)
  *	event object has been signaled, indicating that there is
  *	something to read on the corresponding file handle.
  *
- *	If the port is working in the continous stream mode (packet_bytes == 0),
+ *	If the port is working in the continuous stream mode (packet_bytes == 0),
  *	whatever data read will be sent straight to Erlang.
  *
  * Results:
@@ -2527,7 +2527,7 @@ ready_input(ErlDrvData drv_data, ErlDrvEvent ready_event)
 #endif
 
     if (error == NO_ERROR) {
-	if (pb == 0) { /* Continous stream. */
+	if (pb == 0) { /* Continuous stream. */
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	    DEBUGF(("ready_input: %d: ", bytesRead));
 	    erl_bin_write(dp->inbuf, 16, bytesRead);
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/binary_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/binary_SUITE.erl
index 238a8aa42d..324730d562 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/binary_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/binary_SUITE.erl
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ ordering(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 
     ok.
 
-%% Test that comparisions between binaries with different alignment work.
+%% Test that comparison between binaries with different alignment work.
 unaligned_order(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     L = lists:seq(0, 7),
     [test_unaligned_order(I, J) || I <- L, J <- L], 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/bs_match_int_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/bs_match_int_SUITE.erl
index a7bd4b8ac3..32bfa2f1fa 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/bs_match_int_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/bs_match_int_SUITE.erl
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ match_huge_int(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 	8 ->
 	    %% An attempt will be made to allocate heap space for
 	    %% the bignum (which will probably fail); only if the
-	    %% allocation succeds will the matching fail because
+	    %% allocation succeeds will the matching fail because
 	    %% the binary is too small.
 	    ok
     end,
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/call_trace_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/call_trace_SUITE.erl
index 2e303ba9a8..e74631e916 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/call_trace_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/call_trace_SUITE.erl
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ basic() ->
     trace_func({'_','_','_'}, false),
     [b,a] = lists:reverse([a,b]),
 
-    %% Read out the remaing trace messages.
+    %% Read out the remaining trace messages.
 
     ?MODULE:expect({trace,Self,call,{lists,seq,[1,10]}}),
     ?MODULE:expect({trace,Self,call,{erlang,list_to_integer,["777"]}}),
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/ddll_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/ddll_SUITE.erl
index 93b6f2d956..e7e518f82b 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/ddll_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/ddll_SUITE.erl
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ reference_count(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 
     Pid1 ! {self(), die},
     test_server:sleep(200),   % Give time to unload.
-    % Verify that the driver was automaticly unloaded when the
+    % Verify that the driver was automatically unloaded when the
     % process died.
     {error, not_loaded}=erl_ddll:unload_driver(echo_drv),
     ok.
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/dirty_nif_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/dirty_nif_SUITE.erl
index 991ba0acc8..5ba0d85ff3 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/dirty_nif_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/dirty_nif_SUITE.erl
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ dirty_call_while_terminated(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     undefined = process_info(Dirty, status),
     false = erlang:is_process_alive(Dirty),
     false = lists:member(Dirty, processes()),
-    %% Binary still refered by Dirty process not yet cleaned up
+    %% Binary still referred by Dirty process not yet cleaned up
     %% since the dirty nif has not yet returned...
     {value, {BinAddr, 4711, 2}} = lists:keysearch(4711, 2,
 						  element(2,
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/estone_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/estone_SUITE.erl
index 3ce849b88e..35f695ffe5 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/estone_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/estone_SUITE.erl
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ alloc(I) ->
 
 %% Time to call bif's
 %% Lot's of element stuff which reflects the record code which
-%% is becomming more and more common
+%% is becoming more and more common
 bif_dispatch(0) ->
     0;
 bif_dispatch(I) ->
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/float_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/float_SUITE.erl
index 36b1f9179f..ad33ad705b 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/float_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/float_SUITE.erl
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ span_cmp(Axis, Incr, Length) ->
 %% for both negative and positive numbers.
 %%
 %% Axis: The number around which to do the tests eg. (1 bsl 58) - 1.0
-%% Incr: How much to increment the test numbers inbetween each test.
+%% Incr: How much to increment the test numbers in-between each test.
 %% Length: Length/2 is the number of Incr away from Axis to test on the
 %%         negative and positive plane.
 %% Diff: How much the float and int should differ when comparing
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/hibernate_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/hibernate_SUITE.erl
index 6f8ce02266..90693595a7 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/hibernate_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/hibernate_SUITE.erl
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ clean_dict() ->
     lists:foreach(fun ({Key, _}) -> erase(Key) end, Dict).
 
 %%
-%% Wake up and then immediatly bif trap with a lengthy computation.
+%% Wake up and then immediately bif trap with a lengthy computation.
 %%
 
 wake_up_and_bif_trap(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/match_spec_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/match_spec_SUITE.erl
index 34e956bc21..971a047309 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/match_spec_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/match_spec_SUITE.erl
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ destructive_in_test_bif(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 			       ([],[{'_',[],[{message,{get_tcw}}]}],trace),
     ok.
 
-%% Test that the comparision between boxed and small does not crash emulator
+%% Test that the comparison between boxed and small does not crash emulator
 boxed_and_small(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     {ok, Node} = start_node(match_spec_suite_other),
     ok = rpc:call(Node,?MODULE,do_boxed_and_small,[]),
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/node_container_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/node_container_SUITE.erl
index 7356f31b75..291d3ee30d 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/node_container_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/node_container_SUITE.erl
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ttbtteq_do_remote(RNode) ->
 %%
 %% Test case: round_trip_eq
 %%
-%% Tests that node containers that are sent beteen nodes stay equal to themselves.
+%% Tests that node containers that are sent between nodes stay equal to themselves.
 round_trip_eq(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     ThisNode = {node(), erlang:system_info(creation)},
     NodeFirstName = get_nodefirstname(),
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/num_bif_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/num_bif_SUITE.erl
index 1a1ab0e5e0..8016a21424 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/num_bif_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/num_bif_SUITE.erl
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ t_float(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     4294967305.0 = float(id(4294967305)),
     -4294967305.0 = float(id(-4294967305)),
 
-    %% Extremly big bignums.
+    %% Extremely big bignums.
     Big = id(list_to_integer(id(lists:duplicate(2000, $1)))),
     {'EXIT', {badarg, _}} = (catch float(Big)),
 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE.erl
index 2a13b2d2f4..c117554f90 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE.erl
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ ping(Config, Sizes, HSize, CmdLine, Options) ->
 %% Sizes = Size of packets to generated.
 %% HSize = Header size: 1, 2, or 4
 %% CmdLine = Additional command line options.
-%% Options = Addtional port options.
+%% Options = Additional port options.
 
 expect_input(Config, Sizes, HSize, CmdLine, Options) ->
     expect_input1(Config, Sizes, {HSize, CmdLine, Options}, [], []).
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE_data/port_test.c b/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE_data/port_test.c
index e199a0fc13..fa97b4c9d0 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE_data/port_test.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/port_SUITE_data/port_test.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern int errno;
 typedef struct {
     char* progname;	        /* Name of this program (from argv[0]). */
     int header_size;	        /* Number of bytes in each packet header:
-				 * 1, 2, or 4, or 0 for a continous byte stream. */
+				 * 1, 2, or 4, or 0 for a continuous byte stream. */
     int fd_from_erl;	        /* File descriptor from Erlang. */
     int fd_to_erl;	        /* File descriptor to Erlang. */
     unsigned char* io_buf;      /* Buffer for file i/o. */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/port_bif_SUITE_data/port_test.c b/erts/emulator/test/port_bif_SUITE_data/port_test.c
index 28324a56a6..923ab99ccc 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/port_bif_SUITE_data/port_test.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/port_bif_SUITE_data/port_test.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern int errno;
 typedef struct {
     char* progname;	        /* Name of this program (from argv[0]). */
     int header_size;	        /* Number of bytes in each packet header:
-				 * 1, 2, or 4, or 0 for a continous byte stream. */
+				 * 1, 2, or 4, or 0 for a continuous byte stream. */
     int fd_from_erl;	        /* File descriptor from Erlang. */
     int fd_to_erl;	        /* File descriptor to Erlang. */
     unsigned char* io_buf;      /* Buffer for file i/o. */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/system_info_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/system_info_SUITE.erl
index 6a772bf7c9..6bd1eb1e1e 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/system_info_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/system_info_SUITE.erl
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ memory(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     %%
 
     erts_debug:set_internal_state(available_internal_state, true),
-    %% Use a large heap size on the controling process in
+    %% Use a large heap size on the controlling process in
     %% order to avoid changes in its heap size during
     %% comparisons.
     MinHeapSize = process_flag(min_heap_size, 1024*1024), 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/time_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/time_SUITE.erl
index 9501569814..c13d03bcc4 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/time_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/time_SUITE.erl
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ local_to_univ_utc(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     end.
 
 
-%% Tests conversion from univeral to local time.
+%% Tests conversion from universal to local time.
 
 univ_to_local(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     test_univ_to_local(test_data()).
diff --git a/erts/emulator/test/z_SUITE.erl b/erts/emulator/test/z_SUITE.erl
index d663cc548c..a90701c5d2 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/test/z_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/emulator/test/z_SUITE.erl
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ pollset_size(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 				 "Pollset size information not available"}
 		  end;
 	      false ->
-		  %% Somtimes we have fewer descriptors in the
+		  %% Sometimes we have fewer descriptors in the
 		  %% pollset at the end than when we started, but
 		  %% that is ok as long as there are at least 2
 		  %% descriptors (dist listen socket and
diff --git a/erts/epmd/test/epmd_SUITE.erl b/erts/epmd/test/epmd_SUITE.erl
index 0f0a5acde7..81433c39c4 100644
--- a/erts/epmd/test/epmd_SUITE.erl
+++ b/erts/epmd/test/epmd_SUITE.erl
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ no_live_killing(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 %% sends TCP RST at wrong time
 socket_reset_before_alive2_reply_is_written(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     %% - delay_write for easier triggering of race condition
-    %% - relaxed_command_check for gracefull shutdown of epmd even if there
+    %% - relaxed_command_check for graceful shutdown of epmd even if there
     %%   is stuck node.
     ok = epmdrun("-delay_write 1 -relaxed_command_check"),
 
diff --git a/erts/etc/common/inet_gethost.c b/erts/etc/common/inet_gethost.c
index bc4893b0eb..ccafd95e51 100644
--- a/erts/etc/common/inet_gethost.c
+++ b/erts/etc/common/inet_gethost.c
@@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@ BOOL close_mesq(MesQ *q)
 	LeaveCriticalSection(&(q->crit));
 	return FALSE;
     }
-    /* Noone else is supposed to use this object any more */
+    /* No one else is supposed to use this object any more */
     LeaveCriticalSection(&(q->crit));
     DeleteCriticalSection(&(q->crit));
     CloseHandle(q->data_present);
diff --git a/erts/etc/unix/README b/erts/etc/unix/README
index adc6db4300..9985f2675d 100644
--- a/erts/etc/unix/README
+++ b/erts/etc/unix/README
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Note that the Install script will terminate if it detects problems -
 you will have to correct them and re-run the script. If everything
 goes well, the last printout should be:
 
-Erlang installation sucessfully completed
+Erlang installation successfully completed
 
 If it isn't, something went wrong - check the printouts to find out
 what it was.
diff --git a/erts/etc/unix/etp-commands.in b/erts/etc/unix/etp-commands.in
index 2bf04a6518..c689d495e6 100644
--- a/erts/etc/unix/etp-commands.in
+++ b/erts/etc/unix/etp-commands.in
@@ -2875,7 +2875,7 @@ document etp-disasm
 %---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 % etp-disasm StartI EndI
 %
-% Disassemble the code inbetween StartI and EndI
+% Disassemble the code between StartI and EndI
 %---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 end
 
diff --git a/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c b/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c
index 447720af7e..8f87c59131 100644
--- a/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c
+++ b/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void pass_on(pid_t childpid)
 		FD_ZERO(&readfds);
 		FD_ZERO(&writefds);
 	    } else {
-		/* Some error occured */
+		/* Some error occurred */
 		ERRNO_ERR0(LOG_ERR,"Error in select.");
 		exit(1);
 	    }
diff --git a/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_atomic.h b/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_atomic.h
index 231eaa6927..4e252ec3f9 100644
--- a/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_atomic.h
+++ b/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_atomic.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  *       Due to this we cannot use the __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST
  *       memory model. For more information see the comment
- *       in the begining of ethr_membar.h in this directory.
+ *       in the beginning of ethr_membar.h in this directory.
  */
 
 #undef ETHR_INCLUDE_ATOMIC_IMPL__
diff --git a/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_dw_atomic.h b/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_dw_atomic.h
index 675912d86e..df20d0f1ef 100644
--- a/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_dw_atomic.h
+++ b/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethr_dw_atomic.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  *       Due to this we cannot use the __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST
  *       memory model. For more information see the comment
- *       in the begining of ethr_membar.h in this directory.
+ *       in the beginning of ethr_membar.h in this directory.
  */
 
 #undef ETHR_INCLUDE_DW_ATOMIC_IMPL__