diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_metaclass.py b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_metaclass.py
index f403fd6..c86fbea 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_metaclass.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_metaclass.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     """
     for node in cls_node.children:
         if node.type == syms.suite:
-            # already in the prefered format, do nothing
+            # already in the preferred format, do nothing
             return
 
     # !%@#! oneliners have no suite node, we have to fake one up
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/conv.py b/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/conv.py
index 5d788a1..28fbb0b 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/conv.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/conv.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         self.finish_off()
 
     def parse_graminit_h(self, filename):
-        """Parse the .h file writen by pgen.  (Internal)
+        """Parse the .h file written by pgen.  (Internal)
 
         This file is a sequence of #define statements defining the
         nonterminals of the grammar as numbers.  We build two tables
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         return True
 
     def parse_graminit_c(self, filename):
-        """Parse the .c file writen by pgen.  (Internal)
+        """Parse the .c file written by pgen.  (Internal)
 
         The file looks as follows.  The first two lines are always this:
 
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/pytree.py b/Lib/lib2to3/pytree.py
index c2fa800..179caca 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/pytree.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/pytree.py
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@
             content: optional sequence of subsequences of patterns;
                      if absent, matches one node;
                      if present, each subsequence is an alternative [*]
-            min: optinal minumum number of times to match, default 0
-            max: optional maximum number of times tro match, default HUGE
+            min: optional minimum number of times to match, default 0
+            max: optional maximum number of times to match, default HUGE
             name: optional name assigned to this match
 
         [*] Thus, if content is [[a, b, c], [d, e], [f, g, h]] this is
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py2_test_grammar.py b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py2_test_grammar.py
index 17f9f4c..b5a4137 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py2_test_grammar.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py2_test_grammar.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
         ### simple_stmt: small_stmt (';' small_stmt)* [';']
         x = 1; pass; del x
         def foo():
-            # verify statments that end with semi-colons
+            # verify statements that end with semi-colons
             x = 1; pass; del x;
         foo()
 
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py3_test_grammar.py b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py3_test_grammar.py
index 977f0b8..c0bf7f2 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py3_test_grammar.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/py3_test_grammar.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
         ### simple_stmt: small_stmt (';' small_stmt)* [';']
         x = 1; pass; del x
         def foo():
-            # verify statments that end with semi-colons
+            # verify statements that end with semi-colons
             x = 1; pass; del x;
         foo()