diff --git a/lib/forage/query_builder/sort_field.ex b/lib/forage/query_builder/sort_field.ex
index 9e14554..845aa7e 100644
--- a/lib/forage/query_builder/sort_field.ex
+++ b/lib/forage/query_builder/sort_field.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defmodule Forage.QueryBuilder.SortField do
       # May not exist if the user hasn't specified it.
       # By default, sort results in ascending order
       direction = row[:direction] || :asc
-      # Will always existe becuase of how the keyword list is constructed
+      # Will always existe because of how the keyword list is constructed
       field = row[:field]
       # Return the pair
       {direction, field}
diff --git a/lib/forage/search_postgresql.ex b/lib/forage/search_postgresql.ex
index 77a94a9..4e737ee 100644
--- a/lib/forage/search_postgresql.ex
+++ b/lib/forage/search_postgresql.ex
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ defmodule Forage.SearchPostgreSQL do
 
   This is implemented internally as an `ILIKE` operator.
   Thus function calls the special `forage_unaccent()` function,
-  which you should have defined somehwere in your PostgreSQL database.
+  which you should have defined somewhere in your PostgreSQL database.
 
   If it makes sense for your application, you can implement
   better search yourself.
diff --git a/lib/forage_web/display.ex b/lib/forage_web/display.ex
index 5627477..ca96957 100644
--- a/lib/forage_web/display.ex
+++ b/lib/forage_web/display.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defprotocol ForageWeb.Display do
   @doc """
   Displays the model as plaintext.
   
-  This is meant to be used to diplay options in a select widget and
+  This is meant to be used to display options in a select widget and
   when you want to show the user a resource as HTML.
   """
   def as_text(model)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ defprotocol ForageWeb.Display do
   @doc """
   Displays the model as HTML.
   
-  This is meant to be used to diplay the resource as HTML
+  This is meant to be used to display the resource as HTML
   (as opposed to plaintext)
   """
   def as_html(model)
diff --git a/lib/forage_web/forage_controller.ex b/lib/forage_web/forage_controller.ex
index 768027a..513411f 100644
--- a/lib/forage_web/forage_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/forage_web/forage_controller.ex
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ defmodule ForageWeb.ForageController do
   This function returns a map.
   The user must use the JSON encoder in the Phoenix application to generate a JSON response.
 
-  It would be more succint to return JSON directly from this function,
+  It would be more succinct to return JSON directly from this function,
   but Forage has no way of invoking the application's JSON encoder,
   so we leave that responsibility to the user.
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ defmodule ForageWeb.ForageController do
   This function returns a map.
   The user must use the JSON encoder in the Phoenix application to generate a JSON response.
 
-  It would be more succint to return JSON directly from this function,
+  It would be more succinct to return JSON directly from this function,
   but Forage has no way of invoking the application's JSON encoder,
   so we leave that responsibility to the user.
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ defmodule ForageWeb.ForageController do
   This function returns a map.
   The user must use the JSON encoder in the Phoenix application to generate a JSON response.
 
-  It would be more succint to return JSON directly from this function,
+  It would be more succinct to return JSON directly from this function,
   but Forage has no way of invoking the application's JSON encoder,
   so we leave that responsibility to the user.
 
diff --git a/scripts/publish.exs b/scripts/publish.exs
index 85bdbf7..21deeb0 100644
--- a/scripts/publish.exs
+++ b/scripts/publish.exs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ end
 defmodule Publisher.VersionUtils do
   @moduledoc """
   Some utilities to get and set version numbers in the `mix.exs` file
-  and to programatically transform version numbers.
+  and to programmatically transform version numbers.
 
   Maybe the `bump_*` functions should be in the standard library?
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ defmodule Publisher do
     VersionUtils.set_version(new_version)
     # Commit the changes and add a new 'v*.*.*' tag
     Git.add_commit_and_tag(new_version)
-    # Now that we have commited the changes, we can remove the release file
+    # Now that we have committed the changes, we can remove the release file
     Changelog.remove_release_file()
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/forage/codec_test.exs b/test/forage/codec_test.exs
index 921274f..eccdee3 100644
--- a/test/forage/codec_test.exs
+++ b/test/forage/codec_test.exs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ defmodule Forage.CodecTest do
           ]
         }
 
-      # TODO: test the query somehow agains a real DB
+      # TODO: test the query somehow against a real DB
       {_plan, _query} = Forage.QueryBuilder.build_plan_and_query(encoded, PrimarySchema)
 
       assert Decoder.decode(encoded, PrimarySchema) == decoded