diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6798c39d..e031cd91 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Nominatim historically hasn't followed a particular coding style but we
 are in process of consolidating the style. The following rules apply:
 
  * Python code uses the official Python style
- * indention
+ * indentation
    * SQL use 2 spaces
    * all other file types use 4 spaces
    * [BSD style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style#Allman_style) for braces
diff --git a/VAGRANT.md b/VAGRANT.md
index b0df9a88..e00e0954 100644
--- a/VAGRANT.md
+++ b/VAGRANT.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ is.
 ## Development
 
 Vagrant maps the virtual machine's port 8089 to your host machine. Thus you can
-see Nominatim in action on [locahost:8089](http://localhost:8089/nominatim/).
+see Nominatim in action on [localhost:8089](http://localhost:8089/nominatim/).
 
 You edit code on your host machine in any editor you like. There is no need to
 restart any software: just refresh your browser window.
diff --git a/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md b/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md
index aeb2fa5b..08c05984 100644
--- a/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md
+++ b/docs/admin/Advanced-Installations.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ library.
 
 !!! note
     The external module is only needed when using the legacy tokenizer.
-    If you have choosen the ICU tokenizer, then you can ignore this section
+    If you have chosen the ICU tokenizer, then you can ignore this section
     and follow the standard import documentation.
 
 ### Option 1: Compiling the library on the database server
diff --git a/docs/admin/Deployment.md b/docs/admin/Deployment.md
index ef4fc0b3..5dcbcde9 100644
--- a/docs/admin/Deployment.md
+++ b/docs/admin/Deployment.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The website should now be available on `http://localhost/nominatim`.
 
 ### Installing the required packages
 
-Nginx has no built-in PHP interpreter. You need to use php-fpm as a deamon for
+Nginx has no built-in PHP interpreter. You need to use php-fpm as a daemon for
 serving PHP cgi.
 
 On Ubuntu/Debian install nginx and php-fpm with:
diff --git a/docs/admin/Installation.md b/docs/admin/Installation.md
index 10e51d46..8a925faf 100644
--- a/docs/admin/Installation.md
+++ b/docs/admin/Installation.md
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ and can't offer support.
 ### Software
 
 !!! Warning
-    For larger installations you **must have** PostgreSQL 11+ and Postgis 3+
+    For larger installations you **must have** PostgreSQL 11+ and PostGIS 3+
     otherwise import and queries will be slow to the point of being unusable.
-    Query performance has marked improvements with PostgrSQL 13+ and Postgis 3.2+.
+    Query performance has marked improvements with PostgreSQL 13+ and PostGIS 3.2+.
 
 For compiling:
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ For the initial import, you should also set:
     fsync = off
     full_page_writes = off
 
-Don't forget to reenable them after the initial import or you risk database
+Don't forget to re-enable them after the initial import or you risk database
 corruption.
 
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/Setup-Nominatim-UI.md b/docs/admin/Setup-Nominatim-UI.md
index 7f012660..cab2d2ed 100644
--- a/docs/admin/Setup-Nominatim-UI.md
+++ b/docs/admin/Setup-Nominatim-UI.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ directory like this:
   # If no endpoint is given, then use search.
   RewriteRule ^(/|$)   "search.php"
 
-  # If format-html is explicity requested, forward to the UI.
+  # If format-html is explicitly requested, forward to the UI.
   RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "format=html"
   RewriteRule ^([^/]+)(.php)? ui/$1.html [R,END]
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/Update.md b/docs/admin/Update.md
index add1df5c..f8c8f767 100644
--- a/docs/admin/Update.md
+++ b/docs/admin/Update.md
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ replication catch-up at whatever interval you desire.
     a replication source with an update frequency that is an order of magnitude
     lower. For example, if you want to update once a day, use an hourly updated
     source. This makes sure that you don't miss an entire day of updates when
-    the source is unexpectely late to publish its update.
+    the source is unexpectedly late to publish its update.
 
     If you want to use the source with the same update frequency (e.g. a daily
     updated source with daily updates), use the
diff --git a/docs/api/Output.md b/docs/api/Output.md
index d59f75dd..4f5399f0 100644
--- a/docs/api/Output.md
+++ b/docs/api/Output.md
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ on another server. It may even change its ID on the same server when it is
 removed and reimported while updating the database with fresh OSM data.
 It is thus not useful to treat it as permanent for later use.
 
-The combination `osm_type`+`osm_id` is slighly better but remember in
+The combination `osm_type`+`osm_id` is slightly better but remember in
 OpenStreetMap mappers can delete, split, recreate places (and those
 get a new `osm_id`), there is no link between those old and new ids.
 Places can also change their meaning without changing their `osm_id`,
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ with a designation label. Per default the following labels may appear:
  * city_district, district, borough, suburb, subdivision
  * hamlet, croft, isolated_dwelling
  * neighbourhood, allotments, quarter
- * city_block, residental, farm, farmyard, industrial, commercial, retail
+ * city_block, residential, farm, farmyard, industrial, commercial, retail
  * road
  * house_number, house_name
  * emergency, historic, military, natural, landuse, place, railway,
diff --git a/docs/customize/Import-Styles.md b/docs/customize/Import-Styles.md
index 89171a4d..fcd02ae1 100644
--- a/docs/customize/Import-Styles.md
+++ b/docs/customize/Import-Styles.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ option. There are a number of default styles, which are explained in detail
 in the [Import section](../admin/Import.md#filtering-imported-data). These
 standard styles may be referenced by their name.
 
-You can also create your own custom syle. Put the style file into your
+You can also create your own custom style. Put the style file into your
 project directory and then set `NOMINATIM_IMPORT_STYLE` to the name of the file.
 It is always recommended to start with one of the standard styles and customize
 those. You find the standard styles under the name `import-<stylename>.style`
diff --git a/docs/develop/Database-Layout.md b/docs/develop/Database-Layout.md
index fcd9c3b3..98413a0b 100644
--- a/docs/develop/Database-Layout.md
+++ b/docs/develop/Database-Layout.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ to compute the address relations between places. These tables are partitioned.
 Each country is assigned a partition number in the country_name table (see
 below) and the data is then split between a set of tables, one for each
 partition. Note that Nominatim still manually manages partitioned tables.
-Native support for partitions in PostgreSQL only became useable with version 13.
+Native support for partitions in PostgreSQL only became usable with version 13.
 It will be a little while before Nominatim drops support for older versions.
 
 ![address tables](address-tables.svg)
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ Nominatim also creates a number of static tables at import:
    default languages and saves the assignment of countries to partitions.
  * `country_osm_grid` provides a fallback for country geometries
 
-## Auxilary data tables
+## Auxiliary data tables
 
-Finally there are some table for auxillary data:
+Finally there are some table for auxiliary data:
 
  * `location_property_tiger` - saves housenumber from the Tiger import. Its
    layout is similar to that of `location_propoerty_osmline`.
diff --git a/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md b/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md
index 65dc7990..6bb33f00 100644
--- a/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md
+++ b/docs/develop/Development-Environment.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Setting up Nominatim for Development
 
-This chapter gives an overview how to set up Nominatim for developement
+This chapter gives an overview how to set up Nominatim for development
 and how to run tests.
 
 !!! Important
diff --git a/docs/develop/Tokenizers.md b/docs/develop/Tokenizers.md
index 5fe4e38d..273e65e2 100644
--- a/docs/develop/Tokenizers.md
+++ b/docs/develop/Tokenizers.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ functions. By convention, these should be placed in `lib-sql/tokenizer`.
 If the tokenizer has a default configuration file, this should be saved in
 the `settings/<NAME>_tokenizer.<SUFFIX>`.
 
-### Configuration and Persistance
+### Configuration and Persistence
 
 Tokenizers may define custom settings for their configuration. All settings
 must be prefixed with `NOMINATIM_TOKENIZER_`. Settings may be transient or
diff --git a/docs/develop/data-sources.md b/docs/develop/data-sources.md
index bc77da03..a04fb038 100644
--- a/docs/develop/data-sources.md
+++ b/docs/develop/data-sources.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ More details in [osm-search/country-grid-data](https://github.com/osm-search/cou
 
 ## US Census TIGER
 
-For the United States you can choose to import additonal street-level data.
+For the United States you can choose to import additional street-level data.
 The data isn't mixed into OSM data but queried as fallback when no OSM
 result can be found.
 
diff --git a/lib-php/Geocode.php b/lib-php/Geocode.php
index acb79493..9e3b0b92 100644
--- a/lib-php/Geocode.php
+++ b/lib-php/Geocode.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Geocode
 
         $this->bFallback = $oParams->getBool('fallback', $this->bFallback);
 
-        // List of excluded Place IDs - used for more acurate pageing
+        // List of excluded Place IDs - used for more accurate pageing
         $sExcluded = $oParams->getStringList('exclude_place_ids');
         if ($sExcluded) {
             foreach ($sExcluded as $iExcludedPlaceID) {
diff --git a/lib-php/Phrase.php b/lib-php/Phrase.php
index ec776d16..4ed4d402 100644
--- a/lib-php/Phrase.php
+++ b/lib-php/Phrase.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Phrase
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the orginal phrase of the string.
+     * Get the original phrase of the string.
      */
     public function getPhrase()
     {
diff --git a/lib-php/ReverseGeocode.php b/lib-php/ReverseGeocode.php
index 35103aeb..77c16a5b 100644
--- a/lib-php/ReverseGeocode.php
+++ b/lib-php/ReverseGeocode.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class ReverseGeocode
             // starts if the search is on POI or street level,
             // searches for the nearest POI or street,
             // if a street is found and a POI is searched for,
-            // the nearest POI which the found street is a parent of is choosen.
+            // the nearest POI which the found street is a parent of is chosen.
             $sSQL = 'select place_id,parent_place_id,rank_address,country_code,';
             $sSQL .= ' ST_distance('.$sPointSQL.', geometry) as distance';
             $sSQL .= ' FROM ';
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class ReverseGeocode
                     // We can't reliably go from the closest street to an
                     // interpolation line because the closest interpolation
                     // may have a different street segments as a parent.
-                    // Therefore allow an interpolation line to take precendence
+                    // Therefore allow an interpolation line to take precedence
                     // even when the street is closer.
                     $fDistance = $iRankAddress < 28 ? 0.001 : $aPlace['distance'];
                 }
diff --git a/lib-php/SearchDescription.php b/lib-php/SearchDescription.php
index b98c2e72..5d2caf00 100644
--- a/lib-php/SearchDescription.php
+++ b/lib-php/SearchDescription.php
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class SearchDescription
      * Add the given full-word token to the list of terms to search for in the
      * name.
      *
-     * @param interger iId    ID of term to add.
+     * @param integer iId    ID of term to add.
      * @param bool bRareName  True if the term is infrequent enough to not
      *                        require other constraints for efficient search.
      */
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class SearchDescription
      *
      * @return mixed[] An array with two fields: IDs contains the list of
      *                 matching place IDs and houseNumber the houseNumber
-     *                 if appicable or -1 if not.
+     *                 if applicable or -1 if not.
      */
     public function query(&$oDB, $iMinRank, $iMaxRank, $iLimit)
     {
diff --git a/lib-php/TokenWord.php b/lib-php/TokenWord.php
index e2f7aa4d..a7557d38 100644
--- a/lib-php/TokenWord.php
+++ b/lib-php/TokenWord.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Word
     public function extendSearch($oSearch, $oPosition)
     {
         // Full words can only be a name if they appear at the beginning
-        // of the phrase. In structured search the name must forcably in
+        // of the phrase. In structured search the name must forcibly in
         // the first phrase. In unstructured search it may be in a later
         // phrase when the first phrase is a house number.
         if ($oSearch->hasName()
diff --git a/lib-php/cmd.php b/lib-php/cmd.php
index 922193bc..6f1299dd 100644
--- a/lib-php/cmd.php
+++ b/lib-php/cmd.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function getCmdOpt($aArg, $aSpec, &$aResult, $bExitOnError = false, $bExitOnUnkn
                 showUsage($aSpec, $bExitOnError, 'Option \''.$aLine[0].'\' is missing');
             }
             if ($aCounts[$aLine[0]] > $aLine[3]) {
-                showUsage($aSpec, $bExitOnError, 'Option \''.$aLine[0].'\' is pressent too many times');
+                showUsage($aSpec, $bExitOnError, 'Option \''.$aLine[0].'\' is present too many times');
             }
             if ($aLine[6] == 'bool' && !array_key_exists($aLine[0], $aResult)) {
                 $aResult[$aLine[0]] = false;
diff --git a/lib-php/lib.php b/lib-php/lib.php
index d17c9d72..f7c6e55e 100644
--- a/lib-php/lib.php
+++ b/lib-php/lib.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 function loadSettings($sProjectDir)
 {
     @define('CONST_InstallDir', $sProjectDir);
-    // Temporary hack to set the direcory via environment instead of
+    // Temporary hack to set the directory via environment instead of
     // the installed scripts. Neither setting is part of the official
     // set of settings.
     defined('CONST_ConfigDir') or define('CONST_ConfigDir', $_SERVER['NOMINATIM_CONFIGDIR']);
diff --git a/lib-php/website/details.php b/lib-php/website/details.php
index 1b02a202..99307bbd 100644
--- a/lib-php/website/details.php
+++ b/lib-php/website/details.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ if ($bIncludeLinkedPlaces) {
     $aLinkedLines = $oDB->getAll($sSQL);
 }
 
-// All places this is an imediate parent of
+// All places this is an immediate parent of
 $aHierarchyLines = false;
 if ($bIncludeHierarchy) {
     $sSQL = 'SELECT obj.place_id, osm_type, osm_id, class, type, housenumber,';
diff --git a/lib-sql/functions/partition-functions.sql b/lib-sql/functions/partition-functions.sql
index ec762f4f..20ec3da6 100644
--- a/lib-sql/functions/partition-functions.sql
+++ b/lib-sql/functions/partition-functions.sql
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CREATE TYPE nearfeaturecentr AS (
   centroid GEOMETRY
 );
 
--- feature intersects geoemtry
+-- feature intersects geometry
 -- for areas and linestrings they must touch at least along a line
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION is_relevant_geometry(de9im TEXT, geom_type TEXT)
 RETURNS BOOLEAN
diff --git a/lib-sql/functions/placex_triggers.sql b/lib-sql/functions/placex_triggers.sql
index 1f7e6dc6..29f645cb 100644
--- a/lib-sql/functions/placex_triggers.sql
+++ b/lib-sql/functions/placex_triggers.sql
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ BEGIN
                and rank_search = 30 AND ST_GeometryType(geometry) in ('ST_Polygon','ST_MultiPolygon')
          LIMIT 1;
     ELSE
-      -- See if we can inherit addtional address tags from an interpolation.
+      -- See if we can inherit additional address tags from an interpolation.
       -- These will become permanent.
       FOR location IN
         SELECT (address - 'interpolation'::text - 'housenumber'::text) as address
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ BEGIN
   {% if debug %}RAISE WARNING 'Using full index mode for % %', NEW.osm_type, NEW.osm_id;{% endif %}
   IF linked_place is not null THEN
     -- Recompute the ranks here as the ones from the linked place might
-    -- have been shifted to accomodate surrounding boundaries.
+    -- have been shifted to accommodate surrounding boundaries.
     SELECT place_id, osm_id, class, type, extratags,
            centroid, geometry,
            (compute_place_rank(country_code, osm_type, class, type, admin_level,
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ BEGIN
   THEN
     -- Update the list of country names.
     -- Only take the name from the largest area for the given country code
-    -- in the hope that this is the authoritive one.
+    -- in the hope that this is the authoritative one.
     -- Also replace any old names so that all mapping mistakes can
     -- be fixed through regular OSM updates.
     FOR location IN
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ BEGIN
     NEW.postcode := get_nearest_postcode(NEW.country_code, NEW.geometry);
   END IF;
 
-  {% if debug %}RAISE WARNING 'place update % % finsihed.', NEW.osm_type, NEW.osm_id;{% endif %}
+  {% if debug %}RAISE WARNING 'place update % % finished.', NEW.osm_type, NEW.osm_id;{% endif %}
 
   NEW.token_info := token_strip_info(NEW.token_info);
   RETURN NEW;
diff --git a/munin/nominatim_requests b/munin/nominatim_requests
index ac083fc2..8a6d044c 100755
--- a/munin/nominatim_requests
+++ b/munin/nominatim_requests
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Plugin to monitor the types of requsts made to the API
+# Plugin to monitor the types of requests made to the API
 #
 # Can be configured through libpq environment variables, for example
 # PGUSER, PGDATABASE, etc. See man page of psql for more information.
diff --git a/nominatim/config.py b/nominatim/config.py
index 78496550..43a634db 100644
--- a/nominatim/config.py
+++ b/nominatim/config.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Configuration:
                                config: Optional[str] = None) -> Any:
         """ Load additional configuration from a file. `filename` is the name
             of the configuration file. The file is first searched in the
-            project directory and then in the global settings dirctory.
+            project directory and then in the global settings directory.
 
             If `config` is set, then the name of the configuration file can
             be additionally given through a .env configuration option. When
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class Configuration:
         """ Handler for the '!include' operator in YAML files.
 
             When the filename is relative, then the file is first searched in the
-            project directory and then in the global settings dirctory.
+            project directory and then in the global settings directory.
         """
         fname = loader.construct_scalar(node)
 
diff --git a/nominatim/db/connection.py b/nominatim/db/connection.py
index 4f32dfce..86ead02c 100644
--- a/nominatim/db/connection.py
+++ b/nominatim/db/connection.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Cursor(psycopg2.extras.DictCursor):
 
     def drop_table(self, name: str, if_exists: bool = True, cascade: bool = False) -> None:
         """ Drop the table with the given name.
-            Set `if_exists` to False if a non-existant table should raise
+            Set `if_exists` to False if a non-existent table should raise
             an exception instead of just being ignored. If 'cascade' is set
             to True then all dependent tables are deleted as well.
         """
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Connection(psycopg2.extensions.connection):
 
     def drop_table(self, name: str, if_exists: bool = True, cascade: bool = False) -> None:
         """ Drop the table with the given name.
-            Set `if_exists` to False if a non-existant table should raise
+            Set `if_exists` to False if a non-existent table should raise
             an exception instead of just being ignored.
         """
         with self.cursor() as cur:
diff --git a/nominatim/db/properties.py b/nominatim/db/properties.py
index 3624c950..40cb262e 100644
--- a/nominatim/db/properties.py
+++ b/nominatim/db/properties.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from typing import Optional, cast
 from nominatim.db.connection import Connection
 
 def set_property(conn: Connection, name: str, value: str) -> None:
-    """ Add or replace the propery with the given name.
+    """ Add or replace the property with the given name.
     """
     with conn.cursor() as cur:
         cur.execute('SELECT value FROM nominatim_properties WHERE property = %s',
diff --git a/nominatim/indexer/indexer.py b/nominatim/indexer/indexer.py
index 4f767530..5425c8ff 100644
--- a/nominatim/indexer/indexer.py
+++ b/nominatim/indexer/indexer.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Indexer:
 
 
     def index_postcodes(self) -> None:
-        """Index the entries ofthe location_postcode table.
+        """Index the entries of the location_postcode table.
         """
         LOG.warning("Starting indexing postcodes using %s threads", self.num_threads)
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class Indexer:
                                 # asynchronously get the next batch
                                 has_more = fetcher.fetch_next_batch(cur, runner)
 
-                                # And insert the curent batch
+                                # And insert the current batch
                                 for idx in range(0, len(places), batch):
                                     part = places[idx:idx + batch]
                                     LOG.debug("Processing places: %s", str(part))
diff --git a/nominatim/indexer/progress.py b/nominatim/indexer/progress.py
index bc1d68a3..177c262b 100644
--- a/nominatim/indexer/progress.py
+++ b/nominatim/indexer/progress.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ProgressLogger:
     """ Tracks and prints progress for the indexing process.
         `name` is the name of the indexing step being tracked.
         `total` sets up the total number of items that need processing.
-        `log_interval` denotes the interval in seconds at which progres
+        `log_interval` denotes the interval in seconds at which progress
         should be reported.
     """
 
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/base.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/base.py
index dbc4cfad..afbd1914 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/base.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/base.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022 by the Nominatim developer community.
 # For a full list of authors see the git log.
 """
-Abstract class defintions for tokenizers. These base classes are here
+Abstract class definitions for tokenizers. These base classes are here
 mainly for documentation purposes.
 """
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class AbstractAnalyzer(ABC):
             the search index.
 
             Arguments:
-                place: Place information retrived from the database.
+                place: Place information retrieved from the database.
 
             Returns:
                 A JSON-serialisable structure that will be handed into
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class AbstractTokenizer(ABC):
 
               init_db: When set to False, then initialisation of database
                 tables should be skipped. This option is only required for
-                migration purposes and can be savely ignored by custom
+                migration purposes and can be safely ignored by custom
                 tokenizers.
 
             TODO: can we move the init_db parameter somewhere else?
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/factory.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/factory.py
index 67e22194..f5159fa0 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/factory.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/factory.py
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ Functions for creating a tokenizer or initialising the right one for an
 existing database.
 
 A tokenizer is something that is bound to the lifetime of a database. It
-can be choosen and configured before the intial import but then needs to
+can be chosen and configured before the initial import but then needs to
 be used consistently when querying and updating the database.
 
 This module provides the functions to create and configure a new tokenizer
-as well as instanciating the appropriate tokenizer for updating an existing
+as well as instantiating the appropriate tokenizer for updating an existing
 database.
 
 A tokenizer usually also includes PHP code for querying. The appropriate PHP
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/icu_tokenizer.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/icu_tokenizer.py
index 31eaaf29..83013755 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/icu_tokenizer.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/icu_tokenizer.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def create(dsn: str, data_dir: Path) -> 'ICUTokenizer':
 
 
 class ICUTokenizer(AbstractTokenizer):
-    """ This tokenizer uses libICU to covert names and queries to ASCII.
+    """ This tokenizer uses libICU to convert names and queries to ASCII.
         Otherwise it uses the same algorithms and data structures as the
         normalization routines in Nominatim 3.
     """
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class ICUNameAnalyzer(AbstractAnalyzer):
     def _remove_special_phrases(self, cursor: Cursor,
                              new_phrases: Set[Tuple[str, str, str, str]],
                              existing_phrases: Set[Tuple[str, str, str, str]]) -> int:
-        """ Remove all phrases from the databse that are no longer in the
+        """ Remove all phrases from the database that are no longer in the
             new phrase list.
         """
         to_delete = existing_phrases - new_phrases
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ class ICUNameAnalyzer(AbstractAnalyzer):
 
     def _retrieve_full_tokens(self, name: str) -> List[int]:
         """ Get the full name token for the given name, if it exists.
-            The name is only retrived for the standard analyser.
+            The name is only retrieved for the standard analyser.
         """
         assert self.conn is not None
         norm_name = self._search_normalized(name)
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/clean_postcodes.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/clean_postcodes.py
index cabacff4..593f770d 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/clean_postcodes.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/clean_postcodes.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class _PostcodeSanitizer:
     def scan(self, postcode: str, country: Optional[str]) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
         """ Check the postcode for correct formatting and return the
             normalized version. Returns None if the postcode does not
-            correspond to the oficial format of the given country.
+            correspond to the official format of the given country.
         """
         match = self.matcher.match(country, postcode)
         if match is None:
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/config.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/config.py
index fd05848b..f6abf20c 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/config.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/config.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class SanitizerConfig(_BaseUserDict):
             True when the item passes the filter.
 
             If the parameter is empty, the filter lets all items pass. If the
-            paramter is a string, it is interpreted as a single regular expression
+            parameter is a string, it is interpreted as a single regular expression
             that must match the full kind string. If the parameter is a list then
             any of the regular expressions in the list must match to pass.
         """
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/config_variants.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/config_variants.py
index e0d1579d..d86d8072 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/config_variants.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/config_variants.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_variant_config(in_rules: Any,
 
 
 class _VariantMaker:
-    """ Generater for all necessary ICUVariants from a single variant rule.
+    """ Generator for all necessary ICUVariants from a single variant rule.
 
         All text in rules is normalized to make sure the variants match later.
     """
diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/generic_mutation.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/generic_mutation.py
index 47154537..612f558a 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/generic_mutation.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/token_analysis/generic_mutation.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def _zigzag(outer: Iterable[str], inner: Iterable[str]) -> Iterator[str]:
 class MutationVariantGenerator:
     """ Generates name variants by applying a regular expression to the name
         and replacing it with one or more variants. When the regular expression
-        matches more than once, each occurence is replaced with all replacement
+        matches more than once, each occurrence is replaced with all replacement
         patterns.
     """
 
diff --git a/nominatim/tools/check_database.py b/nominatim/tools/check_database.py
index e5cefe4f..7372a49f 100644
--- a/nominatim/tools/check_database.py
+++ b/nominatim/tools/check_database.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def check_placex_table(conn: Connection, config: Configuration) -> CheckResult:
     return CheckState.FATAL, dict(config=config)
 
 
-@_check(hint="""placex table has no data. Did the import finish sucessfully?""")
+@_check(hint="""placex table has no data. Did the import finish successfully?""")
 def check_placex_size(conn: Connection, _: Configuration) -> CheckResult:
     """ Checking for placex content
     """
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def check_tokenizer(_: Connection, config: Configuration) -> CheckResult:
         tokenizer = tokenizer_factory.get_tokenizer_for_db(config)
     except UsageError:
         return CheckState.FAIL, dict(msg="""\
-            Cannot load tokenizer. Did the import finish sucessfully?""")
+            Cannot load tokenizer. Did the import finish successfully?""")
 
     result = tokenizer.check_database(config)
 
diff --git a/nominatim/tools/migration.py b/nominatim/tools/migration.py
index aa86bcc8..7854154c 100644
--- a/nominatim/tools/migration.py
+++ b/nominatim/tools/migration.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def migrate(config: Configuration, paths: Any) -> int:
         for version, func in _MIGRATION_FUNCTIONS:
             if db_version <= version:
                 title = func.__doc__ or ''
-                LOG.warning("Runnning: %s (%s)", title.split('\n', 1)[0],
+                LOG.warning("Running: %s (%s)", title.split('\n', 1)[0],
                             version_str(version))
                 kwargs = dict(conn=conn, config=config, paths=paths)
                 func(**kwargs)
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def create_interpolation_index_on_place(conn: Connection, **_: Any) -> None:
 def add_step_column_for_interpolation(conn: Connection, **_: Any) -> None:
     """ Add a new column 'step' to the interpolations table.
 
-        Also convers the data into the stricter format which requires that
+        Also converts the data into the stricter format which requires that
         startnumbers comply with the odd/even requirements.
     """
     if conn.table_has_column('location_property_osmline', 'step'):
diff --git a/nominatim/tools/refresh.py b/nominatim/tools/refresh.py
index 9c5b7b08..8c1e9d9b 100644
--- a/nominatim/tools/refresh.py
+++ b/nominatim/tools/refresh.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ PHP_CONST_DEFS = (
 def import_wikipedia_articles(dsn: str, data_path: Path, ignore_errors: bool = False) -> int:
     """ Replaces the wikipedia importance tables with new data.
         The import is run in a single transaction so that the new data
-        is replace seemlessly.
+        is replace seamlessly.
 
         Returns 0 if all was well and 1 if the importance file could not
         be found. Throws an exception if there was an error reading the file.
diff --git a/nominatim/tools/special_phrases/sp_importer.py b/nominatim/tools/special_phrases/sp_importer.py
index 8906e03e..06b59fd0 100644
--- a/nominatim/tools/special_phrases/sp_importer.py
+++ b/nominatim/tools/special_phrases/sp_importer.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class SPImporter():
         self.black_list, self.white_list = self._load_white_and_black_lists()
         self.sanity_check_pattern = re.compile(r'^\w+$')
         # This set will contain all existing phrases to be added.
-        # It contains tuples with the following format: (lable, class, type, operator)
+        # It contains tuples with the following format: (label, class, type, operator)
         self.word_phrases: Set[Tuple[str, str, str, str]] = set()
         # This set will contain all existing place_classtype tables which doesn't match any
         # special phrases class/type on the wiki.
diff --git a/nominatim/typing.py b/nominatim/typing.py
index 308f3e6a..7914d731 100644
--- a/nominatim/typing.py
+++ b/nominatim/typing.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Complex type definitions are moved here, to keep the source files readable.
 """
 from typing import Any, Union, Mapping, TypeVar, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING
 
-# Generics varaible names do not confirm to naming styles, ignore globally here.
+# Generics variable names do not confirm to naming styles, ignore globally here.
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name,abstract-method,multiple-statements
 # pylint: disable=missing-class-docstring,useless-import-alias
 
diff --git a/nominatim/version.py b/nominatim/version.py
index f950b8ef..08cd574d 100644
--- a/nominatim/version.py
+++ b/nominatim/version.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ NOMINATIM_VERSION = (4, 0, 99, 6)
 POSTGRESQL_REQUIRED_VERSION = (9, 5)
 POSTGIS_REQUIRED_VERSION = (2, 2)
 
-# Cmake sets a variabe @GIT_HASH@ by executing 'git --log'. It is not run
+# Cmake sets a variable @GIT_HASH@ by executing 'git --log'. It is not run
 # on every execution of 'make'.
 # cmake/tool-installed.tmpl is used to build the binary 'nominatim'. Inside
 # there is a call to set the variable value below.
diff --git a/test/python/db/test_connection.py b/test/python/db/test_connection.py
index ed0537c8..dbba6109 100644
--- a/test/python/db/test_connection.py
+++ b/test/python/db/test_connection.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022 by the Nominatim developer community.
 # For a full list of authors see the git log.
 """
-Tests for specialised conenction and cursor classes.
+Tests for specialised connection and cursor classes.
 """
 import pytest
 import psycopg2
diff --git a/vagrant/Install-on-Centos-8.sh b/vagrant/Install-on-Centos-8.sh
index c9278f9e..389ae0f7 100755
--- a/vagrant/Install-on-Centos-8.sh
+++ b/vagrant/Install-on-Centos-8.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     sudo dnf install -y epel-release redhat-rpm-config
 
 # EPEL contains Postgres 9.6 and 10, but not PostGIS. Postgres 9.4+/10/11/12
-# and PostGIS 2.4/2.5/3.0 are availble from postgresql.org. Enable these
+# and PostGIS 2.4/2.5/3.0 are available from postgresql.org. Enable these
 # repositories and make sure, the binaries can be found:
 
     sudo dnf -qy module disable postgresql