diff --git a/docs/language/api.rst b/docs/language/api.rst
index 8f9b398..71e03dc 100644
--- a/docs/language/api.rst
+++ b/docs/language/api.rst
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ This is completely discarded and doesn't expand to anything, not even ``None``.
 
 .. code-block:: clj
 
-   => (print (comment <h1>Suprise!</h1>
+   => (print (comment <h1>Surprise!</h1>
    ...                <p>You'd be surprised what's grammatically valid in Hy.</p>
    ...                <p>(Keep delimiters in balance, and you're mostly good to go.)</p>)
    ...        "Hy")
    None Hy
-   => (print #_(comment <h1>Suprise!</h1>
+   => (print #_(comment <h1>Surprise!</h1>
    ...                  <p>You'd be surprised what's grammatically valid in Hy.</p>
    ...                  <p>(Keep delimiters in balance, and you're mostly good to go.)</p>))
    ...        "Hy")
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ alternatively be written using the apostrophe (``'``) symbol.
 .. code-block:: clj
 
     => (setv x '(print "Hello World"))
-    => x  ; varible x is set to unevaluated expression
+    => x  ; variable x is set to unevaluated expression
     HyExpression([
       HySymbol('print'),
       HyString('Hello World')])
diff --git a/hy/contrib/walk.hy b/hy/contrib/walk.hy
index 45d991f..d47da62 100644
--- a/hy/contrib/walk.hy
+++ b/hy/contrib/walk.hy
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ The bindings pairs the target symbol and the expansion form for that symbol.
 sets up lexical bindings in its body
 
 Bindings are processed sequentially,
-so you can use the result of a earlier binding in a later one.
+so you can use the result of an earlier binding in a later one.
 
 Basic assignments (e.g. setv, +=) will update the let binding,
 if they use the name of a let binding.
diff --git a/hy/core/language.hy b/hy/core/language.hy
index a677ec0..b202bc2 100644
--- a/hy/core/language.hy
+++ b/hy/core/language.hy
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ with overlap."
   (first (filter None (map pred coll))))
 
 (defn string [x]
-  "Cast `x` as the current python verion's string implementation."
+  "Cast `x` as the current python version's string implementation."
   (if-python2
    (unicode x)
    (str x)))
diff --git a/hy/core/macros.hy b/hy/core/macros.hy
index 987e92e..208fa22 100644
--- a/hy/core/macros.hy
+++ b/hy/core/macros.hy
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ the second form, the second result is inserted into the third form, and so on."
 (defmacro defmacro! [name args &rest body]
   "Like `defmacro/g!`, with automatic once-only evaluation for 'o!' params.
 
-Such 'o!' params are availible within `body` as the equivalent 'g!' symbol."
+Such 'o!' params are available within `body` as the equivalent 'g!' symbol."
   (setv os (list-comp s [s args] (.startswith s "o!"))
         gs (list-comp (HySymbol (+ "g!" (cut s 2))) [s os]))
   `(defmacro/g! ~name ~args