diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
index 4e24930c4b..af4b1fb6bd 100644
--- a/tests/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ try_again:
         if (g_file_test(aml_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
             exp_sdt.aml_file = aml_file;
         } else if (*ext != '\0') {
-            /* try fallback to generic (extention less) expected file */
+            /* try fallback to generic (extension less) expected file */
             ext = "";
             g_free(aml_file);
             goto try_again;
diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
index 6e03235ab9..9467e9d088 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ docker-qemu-src: $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY)
 docker-image: ${DOCKER_TARGETS}
 
 # General rule for building docker images. If we are a sub-make
-# invoked with SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD we still check the image is upto date
+# invoked with SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD we still check the image is up to date
 # though
 ifdef SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD
 docker-image-%: $(DOCKER_FILES_DIR)/%.docker
diff --git a/tests/docker/docker.py b/tests/docker/docker.py
index 44d5f7493b..02d8a83847 100755
--- a/tests/docker/docker.py
+++ b/tests/docker/docker.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _get_so_libs(executable):
     return libs
 
 def _copy_binary_with_libs(src, dest_dir):
-    """Copy a binary executable and all its dependant libraries.
+    """Copy a binary executable and all its dependent libraries.
 
     This does rely on the host file-system being fairly multi-arch
     aware so the file don't clash with the guests layout."""
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class SubCommand(object):
     name = None # Subcommand name
     def shared_args(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true",
-                            help="Run quietly unless an error occured")
+                            help="Run quietly unless an error occurred")
 
     def args(self, parser):
         """Setup argument parser"""
diff --git a/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py b/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py
index 474d2c5c65..0e4ac01426 100644
--- a/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py
+++ b/tests/guest-debug/test-gdbstub.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def stop(self):
 
 
 def run_test():
-    "Run throught the tests one by one"
+    "Run through the tests one by one"
 
     print ("Checking we can step the first few instructions")
     step_ok = 0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu
index f285484951..dadde2a266 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function _launch_qemu()
 }
 
 
-# Silenty kills the QEMU process
+# Silently kills the QEMU process
 #
 # If $wait is set to anything other than the empty string, the process will not
 # be killed but only waited for, and any output will be forwarded to stdout. If
diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.include b/tests/tcg/Makefile.include
index 57470b2a2c..c581bd6ffc 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.include
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # TCG tests (per-target rules)
 #
-# This Makefile fragement is included from the per-target
+# This Makefile fragment is included from the per-target
 # Makefile.target so will be invoked for each linux-user program we
 # build. We have two options for compiling, either using a configured
 # guest compiler or calling one of our docker images to do it for us.
diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.probe b/tests/tcg/Makefile.probe
index 15c0412657..9dc654663d 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.probe
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.probe
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # TCG Compiler Probe
 #
-# This Makefile fragement is included multiple times in the main make
+# This Makefile fragment is included multiple times in the main make
 # script to probe for available compilers. This is used to build up a
 # selection of required docker targets before we invoke a sub-make for
 # each target.
diff --git a/tests/tcg/mips/mips64-dsp/subq_s_pw.c b/tests/tcg/mips/mips64-dsp/subq_s_pw.c
index e8e0b0567e..4c080b785a 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/mips/mips64-dsp/subq_s_pw.c
+++ b/tests/tcg/mips/mips64-dsp/subq_s_pw.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int main(void)
     rt = 0x123456789ABCDEF1;
     rs = 0x123456789ABCDEF2;
     result =  0x0000000000000001;
-    /* This time we do not set dspctrl, but it setted in pre-action. */
+    /* This time we do not set dspctrl, but set it in pre-action. */
     dspresult = 0x1;
 
     __asm