Fix typos in spec, docs and comments

5 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/spec/01-lexical-syntax.md b/spec/01-lexical-syntax.md
index e26cb796c8..b26e5b2328 100644
--- a/spec/01-lexical-syntax.md
+++ b/spec/01-lexical-syntax.md
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ multiLineChars  ::=  {[‘"’] [‘"’] charNoDoubleQuote} {‘"’}
 
 A multi-line string literal is a sequence of characters enclosed in
 triple quotes `""" ... """`. The sequence of characters is
-arbitrary, except that it may contain three or more consuctive quote characters
+arbitrary, except that it may contain three or more consecutive quote characters
 only at the very end. Characters
 must not necessarily be printable; newlines or other
 control characters are also permitted.  Unicode escapes work as everywhere else, but none
diff --git a/spec/06-expressions.md b/spec/06-expressions.md
index 85e288bf5f..9cd58ea346 100644
--- a/spec/06-expressions.md
+++ b/spec/06-expressions.md
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ so `scala.Any` is the type inferred for `a`.
 _Eta-expansion_ converts an expression of method type to an
 equivalent expression of function type. It proceeds in two steps.
 
-First, one identifes the maximal sub-expressions of $e$; let's
+First, one identifies the maximal sub-expressions of $e$; let's
 say these are $e_1 , \ldots , e_m$. For each of these, one creates a
 fresh name $x_i$. Let $e'$ be the expression resulting from
 replacing every maximal subexpression $e_i$ in $e$ by the
diff --git a/spec/07-implicits.md b/spec/07-implicits.md
index 5e10373959..726320ed33 100644
--- a/spec/07-implicits.md
+++ b/spec/07-implicits.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The _parts_ of a type $T$ are:
 - if $T$ is an abstract type, the parts of its upper bound;
 - if $T$ denotes an implicit conversion to a type with a method with argument types $T_1 , \ldots , T_n$ and result type $U$,
   the union of the parts of $T_1 , \ldots , T_n$ and $U$;
-- the parts of quantified (existential or univeral) and annotated types are defined as the parts of the underlying types (e.g., the parts of `T forSome { ... }` are the parts of `T`);
+- the parts of quantified (existential or universal) and annotated types are defined as the parts of the underlying types (e.g., the parts of `T forSome { ... }` are the parts of `T`);
 - in all other cases, just $T$ itself.
 
 Note that packages are internally represented as classes with companion modules to hold the package members.
diff --git a/spec/12-the-scala-standard-library.md b/spec/12-the-scala-standard-library.md
index e76035f458..8f65191312 100644
--- a/spec/12-the-scala-standard-library.md
+++ b/spec/12-the-scala-standard-library.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Any numeric value type $T$ supports the following methods.
     evaluated by converting the receiver and its argument to their
     operation type and performing the given arithmetic operation of that
     type.
-  * Parameterless arithmethic methods identity (`+`) and negation
+  * Parameterless arithmetic methods identity (`+`) and negation
     (`-`), with result type $T$.  The first of these returns the
     receiver unchanged, whereas the second returns its negation.
   * Conversion methods `toByte`, `toShort`, `toChar`,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Integer numeric value types support in addition the following operations:
     operation of that type.
 
   * A parameterless bit-negation method (`~`). Its result type is
-    the reciver type $T$ or `Int`, whichever is larger.
+    the receiver type $T$ or `Int`, whichever is larger.
     The operation is evaluated by converting the receiver to the result
     type and negating every bit in its value.
   * Bit-shift methods left-shift (`<<`), arithmetic right-shift
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ object Predef {
   def readf2(format: String) = Console.readf2(format)
   def readf3(format: String) = Console.readf3(format)
 
-  // Implict conversions ------------------------------------------------
+  // Implicit conversions ------------------------------------------------
 
   ...
 }
diff --git a/spec/15-changelog.md b/spec/15-changelog.md
index 3c8739359a..751a571ecc 100644
--- a/spec/15-changelog.md
+++ b/spec/15-changelog.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ formal parameter types. Added section on
 [numeric widening](06-expressions.html#numeric-widening) to support
 weak conformance.
 
-Tightened rules to avoid accidential [overrides](05-classes-and-objects.html#overriding).
+Tightened rules to avoid accidental [overrides](05-classes-and-objects.html#overriding).
 
 Removed class literals.
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ has been brought in line with. From now on `+=`, has the same precedence as `=`.
 
 #### Wildcards as function parameters
 
-A formal parameter to an anonymous fucntion may now be a
+A formal parameter to an anonymous function may now be a
 [wildcard represented by an underscore](06-expressions.html#placeholder-syntax-for-anonymous-functions).
 
 >      _ => 7   // The function that ignores its argument