Fix misspellings in comments.

33 files changed, 53 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcollections/btree.rs b/src/libcollections/btree.rs
index a258cf8b175..b6dc790ea88 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/btree.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/btree.rs
@@ -659,13 +659,13 @@ impl<K: fmt::Show + TotalOrd, V: fmt::Show> fmt::Show for Branch<K, V> {
     }
 }
 
-//A LeafElt containts no left child, but a key-value pair.
+//A LeafElt contains no left child, but a key-value pair.
 struct LeafElt<K, V> {
     key: K,
     value: V
 }
 
-//A BranchElt has a left child in insertition to a key-value pair.
+//A BranchElt has a left child in insertion to a key-value pair.
 struct BranchElt<K, V> {
     left: ~Node<K, V>,
     key: K,
diff --git a/src/libcollections/hashmap.rs b/src/libcollections/hashmap.rs
index 03b486e628c..c3a36dc9359 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/hashmap.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/hashmap.rs
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static INITIAL_LOAD_FACTOR: Fraction = (9, 10);
 //
 // > Why a load factor of 90%?
 //
-// In general, all the distances to inital buckets will converge on the mean.
+// In general, all the distances to initial buckets will converge on the mean.
 // At a load factor of α, the odds of finding the target bucket after k
 // probes is approximately 1-α^k. If we set this equal to 50% (since we converge
 // on the mean) and set k=8 (64-byte cache line / 8-byte hash), α=0.92. I round
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static INITIAL_LOAD_FACTOR: Fraction = (9, 10);
 // > Wait, what? Where did you get 1-α^k from?
 //
 // On the first probe, your odds of a collision with an existing element is α.
-// The odds of doing this twice in a row is approximatelly α^2. For three times,
+// The odds of doing this twice in a row is approximately α^2. For three times,
 // α^3, etc. Therefore, the odds of colliding k times is α^k. The odds of NOT
 // colliding after k tries is 1-α^k.
 //
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static INITIAL_LOAD_FACTOR: Fraction = (9, 10);
 /// let mut book_reviews = HashMap::new();
 ///
 /// // review some books.
-/// book_reviews.insert("Adventures of Hucklebury Fin",      "My favorite book.");
+/// book_reviews.insert("Adventures of Huckleberry Finn",    "My favorite book.");
 /// book_reviews.insert("Grimms' Fairy Tales",               "Masterpiece.");
 /// book_reviews.insert("Pride and Prejudice",               "Very enjoyable.");
 /// book_reviews.insert("The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Eye lyked it alot.");
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ impl<K: TotalEq + Hash<S>, V, S, H: Hasher<S>> HashMap<K, V, H> {
     /// from its 'ideal' location.
     ///
     /// In the cited blog posts above, this is called the "distance to
-    /// inital bucket", or DIB.
+    /// initial bucket", or DIB.
     fn bucket_distance(&self, index_of_elem: &table::FullIndex) -> uint {
         // where the hash of the element that happens to reside at
         // `index_of_elem` tried to place itself first.
diff --git a/src/libcollections/treemap.rs b/src/libcollections/treemap.rs
index 3db12b5a538..dc8e64ed86b 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/treemap.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/treemap.rs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ pub struct RevMutEntries<'a, K, V> {
 // (with many different `x`) below, so we need to optionally pass mut
 // as a tt, but the only thing we can do with a `tt` is pass them to
 // other macros, so this takes the `& <mutability> <operand>` token
-// sequence and forces their evalutation as an expression.
+// sequence and forces their evaluation as an expression.
 macro_rules! addr { ($e:expr) => { $e }}
 // putting an optional mut into type signatures
 macro_rules! item { ($i:item) => { $i }}
diff --git a/src/libcollections/trie.rs b/src/libcollections/trie.rs
index e831b394b9c..e040bb0a9e5 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/trie.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/trie.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ impl<T> TrieMap<T> {
 // (with many different `x`) below, so we need to optionally pass mut
 // as a tt, but the only thing we can do with a `tt` is pass them to
 // other macros, so this takes the `& <mutability> <operand>` token
-// sequence and forces their evalutation as an expression. (see also
+// sequence and forces their evaluation as an expression. (see also
 // `item!` below.)
 macro_rules! addr { ($e:expr) => { $e } }
 
diff --git a/src/libnum/lib.rs b/src/libnum/lib.rs
index 986ba9e9a5c..e68c5f22728 100644
--- a/src/libnum/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libnum/lib.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_integer_for_int {
             /// `other`.
             #[inline]
             fn lcm(&self, other: &$T) -> $T {
-                // should not have to recaluculate abs
+                // should not have to recalculate abs
                 ((*self * *other) / self.gcd(other)).abs()
             }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/back/link.rs b/src/librustc/back/link.rs
index 9211827e6a6..9fd3894d794 100644
--- a/src/librustc/back/link.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/back/link.rs
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ fn link_args(sess: &Session,
         // actually creates "invalid" objects [1] [2], but only for some
         // introspection tools, not in terms of whether it can be loaded.
         //
-        // Long story shory, passing this flag forces the linker to *not*
+        // Long story short, passing this flag forces the linker to *not*
         // truncate section names (so we can find the metadata section after
         // it's compiled). The real kicker is that rust compiled just fine on
         // windows for quite a long time *without* this flag, so I have no idea
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ fn add_upstream_rust_crates(args: &mut Vec<~str>, sess: &Session,
 }
 
 // Link in all of our upstream crates' native dependencies. Remember that
-// all of these upstream native depenencies are all non-static
+// all of these upstream native dependencies are all non-static
 // dependencies. We've got two cases then:
 //
 // 1. The upstream crate is an rlib. In this case we *must* link in the
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ fn add_upstream_rust_crates(args: &mut Vec<~str>, sess: &Session,
 // be instantiated in the target crate, meaning that the native symbol must
 // also be resolved in the target crate.
 fn add_upstream_native_libraries(args: &mut Vec<~str>, sess: &Session) {
-    // Be sure to use a topological sorting of crates becuase there may be
+    // Be sure to use a topological sorting of crates because there may be
     // interdependencies between native libraries. When passing -nodefaultlibs,
     // for example, almost all native libraries depend on libc, so we have to
     // make sure that's all the way at the right (liblibc is near the base of
diff --git a/src/librustc/back/svh.rs b/src/librustc/back/svh.rs
index a2c579d13f4..633850f3718 100644
--- a/src/librustc/back/svh.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/back/svh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 //! such.
 //!
 //! The core of this problem is when an upstream dependency changes and
-//! downstream dependants are not recompiled. This causes compile errors because
+//! downstream dependents are not recompiled. This causes compile errors because
 //! the upstream crate's metadata has changed but the downstream crates are
 //! still referencing the older crate's metadata.
 //!
diff --git a/src/librustc/metadata/loader.rs b/src/librustc/metadata/loader.rs
index 5a342e39d70..bd95ba95c70 100644
--- a/src/librustc/metadata/loader.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/metadata/loader.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         //
         // A Library candidate is created if the metadata for the set of
         // libraries corresponds to the crate id and hash criteria that this
-        // serach is being performed for.
+        // search is being performed for.
         let mut libraries = Vec::new();
         for (_hash, (rlibs, dylibs)) in candidates.move_iter() {
             let mut metadata = None;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     // rlib/dylib).
     //
     // The return value is `None` if `file` doesn't look like a rust-generated
-    // library, or if a specific version was requested and it doens't match the
+    // library, or if a specific version was requested and it doesn't match the
     // apparent file's version.
     //
     // If everything checks out, then `Some(hash)` is returned where `hash` is
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs b/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs
index d0bf70ea1c2..413c6a4de1d 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/dead.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ fn create_and_seed_worklist(tcx: &ty::ctxt,
         None => ()
     }
 
-    // Seed implemeneted trait methods
+    // Seed implemented trait methods
     let mut life_seeder = LifeSeeder {
         worklist: worklist
     };
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs b/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs
index c943744147d..40022ff2403 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ fn visit_expr(ir: &mut IrMaps, expr: &Expr) {
                     // var must be dead afterwards
                     moves::CapMove => true,
 
-                    // var can stil be used
+                    // var can still be used
                     moves::CapCopy | moves::CapRef => false
                 };
                 call_caps.push(CaptureInfo {ln: cv_ln,
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ impl<'a> Liveness<'a> {
                          f: |&mut Liveness<'a>, LiveNode, Variable, Span, NodeId|) {
         // only consider the first pattern; any later patterns must have
         // the same bindings, and we also consider the first pattern to be
-        // the "authoratative" set of ids
+        // the "authoritative" set of ids
         if !pats.is_empty() {
             self.pat_bindings(pats[0], f)
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs b/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs
index 20b17cce12e..1e160df1061 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl Visitor<()> for ParentVisitor {
         let prev = self.curparent;
         match item.node {
             ast::ItemMod(..) => { self.curparent = item.id; }
-            // Enum variants are parented to the enum definition itself beacuse
+            // Enum variants are parented to the enum definition itself because
             // they inherit privacy
             ast::ItemEnum(ref def, _) => {
                 for variant in def.variants.iter() {
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<()> for SanePrivacyVisitor<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> SanePrivacyVisitor<'a> {
-    /// Validates all of the visibility qualifers placed on the item given. This
+    /// Validates all of the visibility qualifiers placed on the item given. This
     /// ensures that there are no extraneous qualifiers that don't actually do
     /// anything. In theory these qualifiers wouldn't parse, but that may happen
     /// later on down the road...
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<()> for VisiblePrivateTypesVisitor<'a> {
                     self_is_public_path = visitor.outer_type_is_public_path;
                 }
 
-                // miscellanous info about the impl
+                // miscellaneous info about the impl
 
                 // `true` iff this is `impl Private for ...`.
                 let not_private_trait =
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/region.rs b/src/librustc/middle/region.rs
index 8a5e0d3df17..33db3b44d95 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/region.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/region.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl RegionMaps {
 
         // else, locate the innermost terminating scope
         // if there's one. Static items, for instance, won't
-        // have an enclusing scope, hence no scope will be
+        // have an enclosing scope, hence no scope will be
         // returned.
         let mut id = match self.opt_encl_scope(expr_id) {
             Some(i) => i,
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ fn resolve_expr(visitor: &mut RegionResolutionVisitor,
             // the invoked function is actually running* and call.id
             // represents *the time to prepare the arguments and make the
             // call*.  See the section "Borrows in Calls" borrowck/doc.rs
-            // for an extended explanantion of why this distinction is
+            // for an extended explanation of why this distinction is
             // important.
             //
             // record_superlifetime(new_cx, expr.callee_id);
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ fn resolve_local(visitor: &mut RegionResolutionVisitor,
     //    (covers cases `expr` borrows an rvalue that is then assigned
     //     to memory (at least partially) owned by the binding)
     //
-    // Here are some examples hopefully giving an intution where each
+    // Here are some examples hopefully giving an intuition where each
     // rule comes into play and why:
     //
     // Rule A. `let (ref x, ref y) = (foo().x, 44)`. The rvalue `(22, 44)`
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
index 9112434b12c..cd9d88537b4 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub enum LastPrivate {
     // `use` directives (imports) can refer to two separate definitions in the
     // type and value namespaces. We record here the last private node for each
     // and whether the import is in fact used for each.
-    // If the Option<PrivateDep> fields are None, it means there is no defintion
+    // If the Option<PrivateDep> fields are None, it means there is no definition
     // in that namespace.
     LastImport{pub value_priv: Option<PrivateDep>,
                pub value_used: ImportUse,
@@ -3610,7 +3610,7 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
                     }
                 }
 
-                // n.b. the discr expr gets visted twice.
+                // n.b. the discr expr gets visited twice.
                 // but maybe it's okay since the first time will signal an
                 // error if there is one? -- tjc
                 self.with_type_parameter_rib(HasTypeParameters(generics,
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/subst.rs b/src/librustc/middle/subst.rs
index 0fbaf745615..e964bc5d6b0 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/subst.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/subst.rs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl Subst for ty::Region {
                      substs: &ty::substs,
                      _: Option<Span>) -> ty::Region {
         // Note: This routine only handles regions that are bound on
-        // type declarationss and other outer declarations, not those
+        // type declarations and other outer declarations, not those
         // bound in *fn types*. Region substitution of the bound
         // regions that appear in a function signature is done using
         // the specialized routine
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/_match.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/_match.rs
index 72818576cbb..bab7a227572 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/_match.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/_match.rs
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ fn get_options(bcx: &Block, m: &[Match], col: uint) -> Vec<Opt> {
         if set.iter().any(|l| opt_eq(tcx, l, &val)) {return;}
         set.push(val);
     }
-    // Vector comparisions are special in that since the actual
+    // Vector comparisons are special in that since the actual
     // conditions over-match, we need to be careful about them. This
     // means that in order to properly handle things in order, we need
     // to not always merge conditions.
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/callee.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/callee.rs
index 8bc217343f7..7002d09beca 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/callee.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/callee.rs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ pub fn trans_fn_ref_with_vtables(
         false
     };
 
-    // Create a monomorphic verison of generic functions
+    // Create a monomorphic version of generic functions
     if must_monomorphise {
         // Should be either intra-crate or inlined.
         assert_eq!(def_id.krate, ast::LOCAL_CRATE);
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/closure.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/closure.rs
index c90d457e83a..68744643ca6 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/closure.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/closure.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ use syntax::ast_util;
 // because the alignment requirements of the bound data affects the
 // alignment requires of the closure_data struct as a whole.  However,
 // right now this is a non-issue in any case, because the size of the
-// rust_opaque_box header is always a mutiple of 16-bytes, which is
+// rust_opaque_box header is always a multiple of 16-bytes, which is
 // the maximum alignment requirement we ever have to worry about.
 //
 // The only reason alignment matters is that, in order to learn what data
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/debuginfo.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/debuginfo.rs
index 1a57acf84d2..c5739960a19 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/debuginfo.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/debuginfo.rs
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ fn populate_scope_map(cx: &CrateContext,
             ast::PatIdent(_, ref path_ref, ref sub_pat_opt) => {
 
                 // Check if this is a binding. If so we need to put it on the scope stack and maybe
-                // introduce an articial scope
+                // introduce an artificial scope
                 if pat_util::pat_is_binding(def_map, pat) {
 
                     let ident = ast_util::path_to_ident(path_ref);
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/monomorphize.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/monomorphize.rs
index 20b468a0670..7d7ea5a2211 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/monomorphize.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/monomorphize.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub fn monomorphic_fn(ccx: &CrateContext,
             // Static default methods are a little unfortunate, in
             // that the "internal" and "external" type of them differ.
             // Internally, the method body can refer to Self, but the
-            // externally visable type of the method has a type param
+            // externally visible type of the method has a type param
             // inserted in between the trait type params and the
             // method type params. The substs that we are given are
             // the proper substs *internally* to the method body, so
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
index 037182d8b7b..7745b0cc08f 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ pub fn is_instantiable(cx: &ctxt, r_ty: t) -> bool {
         let r = match get(ty).sty {
             // fixed length vectors need special treatment compared to
             // normal vectors, since they don't necessarily have the
-            // possibilty to have length zero.
+            // possibility to have length zero.
             ty_vec(_, Some(0)) => false, // don't need no contents
             ty_vec(mt, Some(_)) => type_requires(cx, seen, r_ty, mt.ty),
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs
index fb470cbdfb1..f80b8f2f9e8 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ pub struct FnCtxt<'a> {
     //
     // What we do in such cases is to generate a region variable with
     // `region_lb` as a lower bound.  The regionck pass then adds
-    // other constriants based on how the variable is used and region
+    // other constraints based on how the variable is used and region
     // inference selects the ultimate value.  Finally, borrowck is
     // charged with guaranteeing that the value whose address was taken
     // can actually be made to live as long as it needs to live.
@@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ fn check_expr_with_unifier(fcx: &FnCtxt,
                                                              ty::mt {ty: t, mutbl: mutability},
                                                              None)), // Sadly, we know the length
                                                                      // - Some(args.len()) - but
-                                                                     // must thow it away or cause
+                                                                     // must throw it away or cause
                                                                      // confusion further down the
                                                                      // pipeline. Hopefully we can
                                                                      // remedy this later.
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/resolve.rs b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/resolve.rs
index 5348a623d86..9df610dc7bc 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/resolve.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 // therefore cannot sensibly be mapped to any particular result.  By
 // default, we will leave such variables as is (so you will get back a
 // variable in your result).  The options force_* will cause the
-// resolution to fail in this case intead, except for the case of
+// resolution to fail in this case instead, except for the case of
 // integral variables, which resolve to `int` if forced.
 //
 // # resolve_all and force_all
diff --git a/src/librustc/util/sha2.rs b/src/librustc/util/sha2.rs
index 8de7cabde0e..cbc3be3f6e1 100644
--- a/src/librustc/util/sha2.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/util/sha2.rs
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ impl FixedBuffer for FixedBuffer64 {
             }
         }
 
-        // While we have at least a full buffer size chunks's worth of data, process that data
+        // While we have at least a full buffer size chunk's worth of data, process that data
         // without copying it into the buffer
         while input.len() - i >= size {
             func(input.slice(i, i + size));
             i += size;
         }
 
-        // Copy any input data into the buffer. At this point in the method, the ammount of
+        // Copy any input data into the buffer. At this point in the method, the amount of
         // data left in the input vector will be less than the buffer size and the buffer will
         // be empty.
         let input_remaining = input.len() - i;
diff --git a/src/libstd/cmp.rs b/src/libstd/cmp.rs
index e39ab4144fd..a6d6649aca0 100644
--- a/src/libstd/cmp.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/cmp.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 //!
 //! // Our implementation of `Eq` to support `==` and `!=`.
 //! impl Eq for SketchyNum {
-//!     // Our custom eq allows numbers which are near eachother to be equal! :D
+//!     // Our custom eq allows numbers which are near each other to be equal! :D
 //!     fn eq(&self, other: &SketchyNum) -> bool {
 //!         (self.num - other.num).abs() < 5
 //!     }
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ mod test {
 
         // Our implementation of `Eq` to support `==` and `!=`.
         impl Eq for SketchyNum {
-            // Our custom eq allows numbers which are near eachother to be equal! :D
+            // Our custom eq allows numbers which are near each other to be equal! :D
             fn eq(&self, other: &SketchyNum) -> bool {
                 (self.num - other.num).abs() < 5
             }
diff --git a/src/libstd/iter.rs b/src/libstd/iter.rs
index 1c7579e6b8e..7a04303268b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/iter.rs
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ impl<A: TotalOrd, T: Iterator<A>> OrdIterator<A> for T {
         loop {
             // `first` and `second` are the two next elements we want to look at.
             // We first compare `first` and `second` (#1). The smaller one is then compared to
-            // current mininum (#2). The larger one is compared to current maximum (#3). This
+            // current minimum (#2). The larger one is compared to current maximum (#3). This
             // way we do 3 comparisons for 2 elements.
             let first = match self.next() {
                 None => break,
diff --git a/src/libstd/macros.rs b/src/libstd/macros.rs
index 06a6a6da796..dbaef335804 100644
--- a/src/libstd/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/macros.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 /// which is transmitted.
 ///
 /// The multi-argument form of this macro fails with a string and has the
-/// `format!` sytnax for building a string.
+/// `format!` syntax for building a string.
 ///
 /// # Example
 ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/ptr.rs b/src/libstd/ptr.rs
index 61461096ed9..f70715ed756 100644
--- a/src/libstd/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/ptr.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //! an unsafe pointer when safe pointers are unsuitable;
 //! checking for null; and converting back to safe pointers.
 //! As a result, there is not yet an abundance of library code
-//! for working with unsafe poniters, and in particular,
+//! for working with unsafe pointers, and in particular,
 //! since pointer math is fairly uncommon in Rust, it is not
 //! all that convenient.
 //!
diff --git a/src/libstd/raw.rs b/src/libstd/raw.rs
index b285b42ee5e..9b0463089d0 100644
--- a/src/libstd/raw.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/raw.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //! They can be used as targets of transmutes in unsafe code for manipulating
 //! the raw representations directly.
 //!
-//! Their definitition should always match the ABI defined in `rustc::back::abi`.
+//! Their definition should always match the ABI defined in `rustc::back::abi`.
 
 use cast;
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/result.rs b/src/libstd/result.rs
index 0f993598747..7080da266f6 100644
--- a/src/libstd/result.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/result.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 //! ~~~
 //!
 //! *Note: The actual definition of `Writer` uses `IoResult`, which
-//! is just a synonymn for `Result<T, IoError>`.*
+//! is just a synonym for `Result<T, IoError>`.*
 //!
 //! This method doesn`t produce a value, but the write may
 //! fail. It's crucial to handle the error case, and *not* write
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 //! handling requires encapsulating fallable code in a task. Calling
 //! the `fail!` macro, or invoking `fail!` indirectly should be
 //! avoided as an error reporting strategy. Failure is only for
-//! unrecovereable errors and a failing task is typically the sign of
+//! unrecoverable errors and a failing task is typically the sign of
 //! a bug.
 //!
 //! A module that instead returns `Results` is alerting the caller
diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/local_ptr.rs b/src/libstd/rt/local_ptr.rs
index ff82be97489..f60cfa23e81 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/local_ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/local_ptr.rs
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ pub mod native {
     pub fn maybe_tls_key() -> Option<tls::Key> {
         unsafe {
             // NB: This is a little racy because, while the key is
-            // initalized under a mutex and it's assumed to be initalized
+            // initialized under a mutex and it's assumed to be initialized
             // in the Scheduler ctor by any thread that needs to use it,
             // we are not accessing the key under a mutex.  Threads that
             // are not using the new Scheduler but still *want to check*
diff --git a/src/libstd/str.rs b/src/libstd/str.rs
index 3c03bddb293..672442bb931 100644
--- a/src/libstd/str.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/str.rs
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator<char> for Normalizations<'a> {
 ///
 /// # Return value
 ///
-/// The original string with all occurances of `from` replaced with `to`
+/// The original string with all occurrences of `from` replaced with `to`
 pub fn replace(s: &str, from: &str, to: &str) -> ~str {
     let mut result = StrBuf::new();
     let mut last_end = 0;
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ pub mod raw {
     /// Sets the length of a string
     ///
     /// This will explicitly set the size of the string, without actually
-    /// modifing its buffers, so it is up to the caller to ensure that
+    /// modifying its buffers, so it is up to the caller to ensure that
     /// the string is actually the specified size.
     #[test]
     fn test_from_buf_len() {
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ pub trait StrSlice<'a> {
     ///
     /// # Return value
     ///
-    /// The original string with all occurances of `from` replaced with `to`.
+    /// The original string with all occurrences of `from` replaced with `to`.
     ///
     /// # Example
     ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/strbuf.rs b/src/libstd/strbuf.rs
index 873b7293032..86da11aceda 100644
--- a/src/libstd/strbuf.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/strbuf.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub struct StrBuf {
 }
 
 impl StrBuf {
-    /// Creates a new string buffer initalized with the empty string.
+    /// Creates a new string buffer initialized with the empty string.
     #[inline]
     pub fn new() -> StrBuf {
         StrBuf {
diff --git a/src/libstd/vec.rs b/src/libstd/vec.rs
index 585bed83101..c5f3206d9d5 100644
--- a/src/libstd/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/vec.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
         Vec { len: length, cap: capacity, ptr: ptr }
     }
 
-    /// Consumes the `Vec`, partitioning it based on a predcate.
+    /// Consumes the `Vec`, partitioning it based on a predicate.
     ///
     /// Partitions the `Vec` into two `Vec`s `(A,B)`, where all elements of `A`
     /// satisfy `f` and all elements of `B` do not. The order of elements is
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ impl<T: Clone> Vec<T> {
         *self.get_mut(index) = value;
     }
 
-    /// Partitions a vector based on a predcate.
+    /// Partitions a vector based on a predicate.
     ///
     /// Clones the elements of the vector, partitioning them into two `Vec`s
     /// `(A,B)`, where all elements of `A` satisfy `f` and all elements of `B`