diff --git a/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst b/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst
index acdb51d..9c7cbd2 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 compatible.
 
 If the numpy matrix cannot be used as is (either because its types differ, e.g.
-passing an array of integers to an Eigen paramater requiring doubles, or
+passing an array of integers to an Eigen parameter requiring doubles, or
 because the storage is incompatible), pybind11 makes a temporary copy and
 passes the copy instead.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 documentation on :ref:`return_value_policies` for full details).  That means,
 without an explicit return value policy, lvalue references will be copied and
 pointers will be managed by pybind11.  In order to avoid copying, you should
-explictly specify an appropriate return value policy, as in the following
+explicitly specify an appropriate return value policy, as in the following
 example:
 
 .. code-block:: cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 as Eigen parameters.  If the Eigen type can hold a column vector of length N it
 will be passed as such a column vector.  If not, but the Eigen type constraints
 will accept a row vector, it will be passed as a row vector.  (The column
-vector takes precendence when both are supported, for example, when passing a
+vector takes precedence when both are supported, for example, when passing a
 1D numpy array to a MatrixXd argument).  Note that the type need not be
 expicitly a vector: it is permitted to pass a 1D numpy array of size 5 to an
 Eigen ``Matrix<double, Dynamic, 5>``: you would end up with a 1x5 Eigen matrix.
diff --git a/docs/advanced/functions.rst b/docs/advanced/functions.rst
index c7892b5..3420c5e 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/functions.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced/functions.rst
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
 When a function or method with multiple overloads is called from Python,
 pybind11 determines which overload to call in two passes.  The first pass
 attempts to call each overload without allowing argument conversion (as if
-every argument had been specified as ``py::arg().noconvert()`` as decribed
+every argument had been specified as ``py::arg().noconvert()`` as described
 above).
 
 If no overload succeeds in the no-conversion first pass, a second pass is
diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 784bfba..1da36bf 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
     : select_indices_impl<conditional_t<B, index_sequence<IPrev..., I>, index_sequence<IPrev...>>, I + 1, Bs...> {};
 template <bool... Bs> using select_indices = typename select_indices_impl<index_sequence<>, 0, Bs...>::type;
 
-/// Backports of std::bool_constant and std::negation to accomodate older compilers
+/// Backports of std::bool_constant and std::negation to accommodate older compilers
 template <bool B> using bool_constant = std::integral_constant<bool, B>;
 template <typename T> struct negation : bool_constant<!T::value> { };
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9e5e88d..369788b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 show_source = True
 exclude = .git, __pycache__, build, dist, docs, tools, venv
 ignore =
-    # required for pretty matrix formating: multiple spaces after `,` and `[`
+    # required for pretty matrix formatting: multiple spaces after `,` and `[`
     E201, E241
diff --git a/tests/test_factory_constructors.cpp b/tests/test_factory_constructors.cpp
index fb33377..687a5bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_factory_constructors.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_factory_constructors.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 
 // Classes for testing python construction via C++ factory function:
-// Not publically constructible, copyable, or movable:
+// Not publicly constructible, copyable, or movable:
 class TestFactory1 {
     friend class TestFactoryHelper;
     TestFactory1() : value("(empty)") { print_default_created(this); }
diff --git a/tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp b/tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp
index 953b390..336f5e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
     m.def("dispatch_issue_go", [](const Base * b) { return b->dispatch(); });
 
     // test_override_ref
-    // #392/397: overridding reference-returning functions
+    // #392/397: overriding reference-returning functions
     class OverrideTest {
     public:
         struct A { std::string value = "hi"; };
diff --git a/tests/test_virtual_functions.py b/tests/test_virtual_functions.py
index b91ebfa..2a92476 100644
--- a/tests/test_virtual_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_virtual_functions.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 
 
 def test_override_ref():
-    """#392/397: overridding reference-returning functions"""
+    """#392/397: overriding reference-returning functions"""
     o = m.OverrideTest("asdf")
 
     # Not allowed (see associated .cpp comment)
diff --git a/tools/check-style.sh b/tools/check-style.sh
index a9eeb17..0a9f7d2 100755
--- a/tools/check-style.sh
+++ b/tools/check-style.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # 4. missing space between keyword and parenthesis, e.g.: for(, if(, while(
 # 5. Missing space between right parenthesis and brace, e.g. 'for (...){'
 # 6. opening brace on its own line. It should always be on the same line as the
-#    if/while/for/do statment.
+#    if/while/for/do statement.
 #
 # Invoke as: tools/check-style.sh
 #