diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 818d7bc5..36ed020f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ to another server when making a request.  Xop currently only supports HTTP
 and that only with [resty](https://github.com/go-resty/resty) in the 
 xopmiddle package.  Adding additional outgoing propagators is an outstanding priority.
 
-### Version compatability
+### Version compatibility
 
 xop is currently tested with go1.18 and go1.19.  It is probably 
 compatible with go1.17 and perhaps earlier.
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 65f78544..fae48c8b 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func WithDefault(level xopnum.Level) AdjusterOption {
 }
 
 // WithSkippedFrames is needed only if LevelAdjuster or ContextLevelAdjuster
-// are called from withing another function that should not be used to
+// are called from within another function that should not be used to
 // derrive the package name.
 func WithSkippedFrames(additionalFramesToSkip int) AdjusterOption {
 	return func(o *adjustOptions) {
diff --git a/sub.zzzgo b/sub.zzzgo
index 65f9abe9..6b475836 100644
--- a/sub.zzzgo
+++ b/sub.zzzgo
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/xoplog/xop-go/xopnum"
 )
 
-// Sub holds an ephermal state of a log being tranformed to a new log.
+// Sub holds an ephemeral state of a log being tranformed to a new log.
 type Sub struct {
 	detached bool
 	settings LogSettings
diff --git a/trace/trace.go b/trace/trace.go
index 68be4389..a23e4e28 100644
--- a/trace/trace.go
+++ b/trace/trace.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 // See https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/ and
 // https://github.com/w3c/trace-context/blob/main/spec/30-processing-model.md
 //
-// The spec has some unfortuante side-effects.  The spec doesn't require the
+// The spec has some unfortunate side-effects.  The spec doesn't require the
 // "traceresponse" header except when the trace-id is discarded.  That means that
 // parent requests do not have enough information to directly link to child
 // requests.
diff --git a/xopat/enum.go b/xopat/enum.go
index ebcae760..acbd77cc 100644
--- a/xopat/enum.go
+++ b/xopat/enum.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type IotaEnumAttribute struct {
 // method to add span-level metadata.  It encapsulates both the attribute
 // name and the attribute value in a single argument.
 //
-// EmbeddedEnum values can be construted with a EmbeddedEnumAttribute or
+// EmbeddedEnum values can be constructed with a EmbeddedEnumAttribute or
 // with an IotaEnumAttribute.
 type EmbeddedEnum interface {
 	EnumAttribute() *EnumAttribute
diff --git a/xopbase/base.zzzgo b/xopbase/base.zzzgo
index 45ec3957..7ab136ed 100644
--- a/xopbase/base.zzzgo
+++ b/xopbase/base.zzzgo
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ type Span interface {
 	// ID must return the same string as the Logger it came from
 	ID() string
 
-	// TODO: Guage()
+	// TODO: Gauge()
 	// TODO: Event()
 
 	NoPrefill() Prefilled
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ type Span interface {
 	// Done is called when (1) log.Done is called on the log corresponding
 	// to this span; (2) log.Done is called on a parent log of the log
 	// corresponding to this span, and the log is not Detach()ed; or
-	// (3) preceeding Flush() if there has been logging activity since the
+	// (3) preceding Flush() if there has been logging activity since the
 	// last call to Flush(), Done(), or the start of the span.
 	//
 	// final is true when the log is done, it is false when Done is called
diff --git a/xopconst/standard.go b/xopconst/standard.go
index dc2f19c6..8bd19dee 100644
--- a/xopconst/standard.go
+++ b/xopconst/standard.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// xopconst provides pre-registed standard attributes for describing spans
+// xopconst provides pre-registered standard attributes for describing spans
 package xopconst
 
 import (
diff --git a/xoputil/fromphu.go b/xoputil/fromphu.go
index d0757d2f..33c3a042 100644
--- a/xoputil/fromphu.go
+++ b/xoputil/fromphu.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package xoputil
 
 /*
 
-This file contains code that is direclty copied or derrived from
+This contains code that is directly copied or derrived from
 https://github.com/phuslu/log
 
 The original is subject to the following license.