diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81fb5d2..c09afa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
-* Add option to `widgets::List` to repeat the hightlight symbol for each line of multi-line items (#533).
+* Add option to `widgets::List` to repeat the highlight symbol for each line of multi-line items (#533).
 * Add option to control the alignment of `Axis` labels in the `Chart` widget (#568).
 
 ### Breaking changes
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ In this new release, you may now write this as:
 ```rust
 Block::default()
     .style(Style::default().bg(Color::Green))
-    // The style is not overidden anymore, we simply add new style rule for the title.
+    // The style is not overridden anymore, we simply add new style rule for the title.
     .title(Span::styled("My title", Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)))
 ```
 
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ In addition, the crate now provides a method `patch` to combine two styles into
 rules:
 
 ```rust
-let style = Style::default().modifer(Modifier::BOLD);
+let style = Style::default().modifier(Modifier::BOLD);
 let style = style.patch(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::ITALIC));
-// style.modifer == Modifier::BOLD | Modifier::ITALIC, the modifier has been enriched not overidden
+// style.modifier == Modifier::BOLD | Modifier::ITALIC, the modifier has been enriched not overridden
 ```
 
 - `Style::modifier` has been removed in favor of `Style::add_modifier` and `Style::remove_modifier`.
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ let style = Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::ITALIC | Modifier::BOLD);
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-* Ensure correct behavoir of the alternate screens with the `Crossterm` backend.
+* Ensure correct behavior of the alternate screens with the `Crossterm` backend.
 * Fix out of bounds panic when two `Buffer` are merged.
 
 ## v0.4.0 - 2019-02-03
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ additional `termion` features.
 
 * Replace `Item` by a generic and flexible `Text` that can be used in both
 `Paragraph` and `List` widgets.
-* Remove unecessary borrows on `Style`.
+* Remove unnecessary borrows on `Style`.
 
 ## v0.3.0-beta.0 - 2018-09-04
 
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ widgets on the given `Frame`
 * All widgets use the consumable builder pattern
 * `SelectableList` can have no selected item and the highlight symbol is hidden
 in this case
-* Remove markup langage inside `Paragraph`. `Paragraph` now expects an iterator
+* Remove markup language inside `Paragraph`. `Paragraph` now expects an iterator
 of `Text` items
 
 ## v0.2.3 - 2018-06-09
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ of `Text` items
 ### Features
 
 * Add `start_corner` option for `List`
-* Add more text aligment options for `Paragraph`
+* Add more text alignment options for `Paragraph`
 
 ## v0.2.2 - 2018-05-06
 
diff --git a/src/buffer.rs b/src/buffer.rs
index c9cbb04..0638053 100644
--- a/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/buffer.rs
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ impl Buffer {
                 continue;
             }
             // `x_offset + width > max_offset` could be integer overflow on 32-bit machines if we
-            // change dimenstions to usize or u32 and someone resizes the terminal to 1x2^32.
+            // change dimensions to usize or u32 and someone resizes the terminal to 1x2^32.
             if width > max_offset.saturating_sub(x_offset) {
                 break;
             }
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ impl Buffer {
         let width = self.area.width;
 
         let mut updates: Vec<(u16, u16, &Cell)> = vec![];
-        // Cells invalidated by drawing/replacing preceeding multi-width characters:
+        // Cells invalidated by drawing/replacing preceding multi-width characters:
         let mut invalidated: usize = 0;
-        // Cells from the current buffer to skip due to preceeding multi-width characters taking their
+        // Cells from the current buffer to skip due to preceding multi-width characters taking their
         // place (the skipped cells should be blank anyway):
         let mut to_skip: usize = 0;
         for (i, (current, previous)) in next_buffer.iter().zip(previous_buffer.iter()).enumerate() {
diff --git a/src/widgets/canvas/mod.rs b/src/widgets/canvas/mod.rs
index be23ee6..36c397a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/canvas/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/canvas/mod.rs
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ where
         painter(&mut ctx);
         ctx.finish();
 
-        // Retreive painted points for each layer
+        // Retrieve painted points for each layer
         for layer in ctx.layers {
             for (i, (ch, color)) in layer
                 .string
diff --git a/src/widgets/chart.rs b/src/widgets/chart.rs
index 0b2a089..ea0becd 100644
--- a/src/widgets/chart.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/chart.rs
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Chart<'a> {
         }
         buf.set_style(area, self.style);
         // Sample the style of the entire widget. This sample will be used to reset the style of
-        // the cells that are part of the components put on top of the grah area (i.e legend and
+        // the cells that are part of the components put on top of the graph area (i.e legend and
         // axis names).
         let original_style = buf.get(area.left(), area.top()).style();
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/list.rs b/src/widgets/list.rs
index d785d54..86302cf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/list.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/list.rs
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ impl<'a> StatefulWidget for List<'a> {
 
             let is_selected = state.selected.map(|s| s == i).unwrap_or(false);
             for (j, line) in item.content.lines.iter().enumerate() {
-                // if the item is selected, we need to display the hightlight symbol:
+                // if the item is selected, we need to display the highlight symbol:
                 // - either for the first line of the item only,
                 // - or for each line of the item if the appropriate option is set
                 let symbol = if is_selected && (j == 0 || self.repeat_highlight_symbol) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/reflow.rs b/src/widgets/reflow.rs
index c611299..52cf5b9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/reflow.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/reflow.rs
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(line_truncator, vec!["                    "]);
     }
 
-    /// Tests an input starting with a letter, folowed by spaces - some of the behaviour is
+    /// Tests an input starting with a letter, followed by spaces - some of the behaviour is
     /// incidental.
     #[test]
     fn line_composer_char_plus_lots_of_spaces() {
diff --git a/src/widgets/table.rs b/src/widgets/table.rs
index e1b1bf6..4800c6d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/table.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/table.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ where
 /// Row::new(vec!["Cell1", "Cell2", "Cell3"]);
 /// ```
 ///
-/// But if you need a bit more control over individual cells, you can explicity create [`Cell`]s:
+/// But if you need a bit more control over individual cells, you can explicitly create [`Cell`]s:
 /// ```rust
 /// # use tui::widgets::{Row, Cell};
 /// # use tui::style::{Style, Color};
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl<'a> Row<'a> {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Set the [`Style`] of the entire row. This [`Style`] can be overriden by the [`Style`] of a
+    /// Set the [`Style`] of the entire row. This [`Style`] can be overridden by the [`Style`] of a
     /// any individual [`Cell`] or event by their [`Text`] content.
     pub fn style(mut self, style: Style) -> Self {
         self.style = style;
diff --git a/tests/terminal.rs b/tests/terminal.rs
index 705c97e..49d1b07 100644
--- a/tests/terminal.rs
+++ b/tests/terminal.rs
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ fn terminal_draw_returns_the_completed_frame() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let backend = TestBackend::new(10, 10);
     let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend)?;
     let frame = terminal.draw(|f| {
-        let paragrah = Paragraph::new("Test");
-        f.render_widget(paragrah, f.size());
+        let paragraph = Paragraph::new("Test");
+        f.render_widget(paragraph, f.size());
     })?;
     assert_eq!(frame.buffer.get(0, 0).symbol, "T");
     assert_eq!(frame.area, Rect::new(0, 0, 10, 10));
     terminal.backend_mut().resize(8, 8);
     let frame = terminal.draw(|f| {
-        let paragrah = Paragraph::new("test");
-        f.render_widget(paragrah, f.size());
+        let paragraph = Paragraph::new("test");
+        f.render_widget(paragraph, f.size());
     })?;
     assert_eq!(frame.buffer.get(0, 0).symbol, "t");
     assert_eq!(frame.area, Rect::new(0, 0, 8, 8));
diff --git a/tests/widgets_chart.rs b/tests/widgets_chart.rs
index e8f6028..a6ebb49 100644
--- a/tests/widgets_chart.rs
+++ b/tests/widgets_chart.rs
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ fn widgets_chart_can_have_a_legend() {
         "└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘",
     ]);
 
-    // Set expected backgound color
+    // Set expected background color
     for row in 0..30 {
         for col in 0..60 {
             expected.get_mut(col, row).set_bg(Color::White);
diff --git a/tests/widgets_table.rs b/tests/widgets_table.rs
index 8f292d9..9f5a104 100644
--- a/tests/widgets_table.rs
+++ b/tests/widgets_table.rs
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ fn widgets_table_should_render_even_if_empty() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn widgets_table_columns_dont_panic() {
+fn widgets_table_columns_do_not_panic() {
     let test_case = |state: &mut TableState, table: Table, width: u16| {
         let backend = TestBackend::new(width, 8);
         let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();