diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index be48b1f..ff75884 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Changes from 0.10.0
   * nth returns default value when out of bounds
   * merge-with added
   * doto macro added
-  * keyword? to findout keywords
+  * keyword? to find out keywords
   * setv no longer allows "." in names
   
   [Internals ]
diff --git a/docs/language/internals.rst b/docs/language/internals.rst
index 9fb1d53..a038f93 100644
--- a/docs/language/internals.rst
+++ b/docs/language/internals.rst
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ A cons cell is a 2-item object, containing a ``car`` (head) and a
 building block, and S-expressions are actually represented as linked
 lists of cons cells. This is not the case in Hy, as the usual
 expressions are made of Python lists wrapped in a
-``HyExpression``. However, the ``HyCons`` mimicks the behavior of
+``HyExpression``. However, the ``HyCons`` mimics the behavior of
 "usual" Lisp variants thusly:
 
  - ``(cons something nil)`` is ``(HyExpression [something])``
diff --git a/docs/style-guide.rst b/docs/style-guide.rst
index 2e3bd12..b577d79 100644
--- a/docs/style-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/style-guide.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Hy Style Guide
 The Hy style guide intends to be a set of ground rules for the Hyve
 (yes, the Hy community prides itself in appending Hy to everything)
 to write idiomatic Hy code. Hy derives a lot from Clojure & Common
-Lisp, while always maintaining Python interopability.
+Lisp, while always maintaining Python interoperability.
 
 
 Prelude
diff --git a/hy/compiler.py b/hy/compiler.py
index 8259a2c..4738080 100644
--- a/hy/compiler.py
+++ b/hy/compiler.py
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
                                    col_offset=expr.start_column,
                                    ctx=ast.Load())
             else:
-                # [] → all exceptions catched
+                # [] → all exceptions caught
                 _type = Result()
         elif isinstance(exceptions_list, HySymbol):
             _type = self.compile(exceptions_list)
diff --git a/hy/contrib/anaphoric.hy b/hy/contrib/anaphoric.hy
index 019d6db..9129bd4 100644
--- a/hy/contrib/anaphoric.hy
+++ b/hy/contrib/anaphoric.hy
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 
 (defmacro ap-each-while [lst form &rest body]
-  "Evalutate the body form for each element in the list while the
+  "Evaluate the body form for each element in the list while the
   predicate form evaluates to True."
   `(let [p (lambda [it] ~form)]
      (for [it ~lst]
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
                                                               (.startswith a 'x)
                                                               (.isdigit (cdr a))))
                                               [0]))))])
-            ;; generate the &rest paremeter only if 'xi is present in body
+            ;; generate the &rest parameter only if 'xi is present in body
             ~@(if (in 'xi flatbody)
                 '(&rest xi)
                 '())]
diff --git a/tests/macros/test_reader_macros.py b/tests/macros/test_reader_macros.py
index 791a046..11f90eb 100644
--- a/tests/macros/test_reader_macros.py
+++ b/tests/macros/test_reader_macros.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from hy.lex import tokenize
 
 
 def test_reader_macro_error():
-    """Check if we get correct error with wrong disptach character"""
+    """Check if we get correct error with wrong dispatch character"""
     try:
         macroexpand(tokenize("(dispatch_reader_macro '- '())")[0], __name__)
     except HyTypeError as e:
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/reader_macros.hy b/tests/native_tests/reader_macros.hy
index be61c5c..28604d7 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/reader_macros.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/reader_macros.hy
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 (defn test-reader-macro []
-  "Test a basic redaer macro"
+  "Test a basic reader macro"
   (defreader ^ [expr]
     expr)
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   (assert (= (, (, 2 3 4) {"quux" 5 "baz" 6})
              (foo 1 2 3 :quux 4 :baz 5)))
 
-  ;; @wraps preserved the doctstring and __name__
+  ;; @wraps preserved the docstring and __name__
   (assert (= "foo" (. foo --name--)))
   (assert (= "Bar." (. foo --doc--)))