diff --git a/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 1b5d58653e..5a8de2bcf9 100644
--- a/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ module ActiveResource
   # requests. These sensitive credentials are sent unencrypted, visible to
   # any onlooker, so this scheme should only be used with SSL.
   #
-  # Digest authentication sends a crytographic hash of the username, password,
+  # Digest authentication sends a cryptographic hash of the username, password,
   # HTTP method, URI, and a single-use secret key provided by the server.
   # Sensitive credentials aren't visible to onlookers, so digest authentication
   # doesn't require SSL. However, this doesn't mean the connection is secure!
diff --git a/lib/active_resource/collection.rb b/lib/active_resource/collection.rb
index ed67497b23..1093ab3fb8 100644
--- a/lib/active_resource/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/active_resource/collection.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Collection # :nodoc:
     # ActiveResource::Collection is a wrapper to handle parsing index responses that
     # do not directly map to Rails conventions.
     #
-    # You can define a custom class that inherets from ActiveResource::Collection
+    # You can define a custom class that inherits from ActiveResource::Collection
     # in order to to set the elements instance.
     #
     # GET /posts.json delivers following response body:
diff --git a/test/cases/base/load_test.rb b/test/cases/base/load_test.rb
index daac61bbc7..94e2915228 100644
--- a/test/cases/base/load_test.rb
+++ b/test/cases/base/load_test.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def setup
         places: [ "Columbia City", "Unknown" ] } } }
 
 
-    # List of books formated as [{timestamp_of_publication => name}, ...]
+    # List of books formatted as [{timestamp_of_publication => name}, ...]
     @books = { books: [
         { 1009839600 => "Ruby in a Nutshell" },
         { 1199142000 => "The Ruby Programming Language" }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_load_simple_hash
     assert_equal @matz.stringify_keys, @person.load(@matz).attributes
   end
 
-  def test_load_object_with_implict_conversion_to_hash
+  def test_load_object_with_implicit_conversion_to_hash
     assert_equal @matz.stringify_keys, @person.load(FakeParameters.new(@matz)).attributes
   end
 
diff --git a/test/cases/collection_test.rb b/test/cases/collection_test.rb
index d89a16ef08..94a5496ecd 100644
--- a/test/cases/collection_test.rb
+++ b/test/cases/collection_test.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ReduxCollection < ActiveResource::Base
 end
 
 
-class CollectionInheretanceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+class CollectionInheritanceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   def setup
     @post = { id: 1, title: "Awesome" }
     @posts_hash = { "results" => [@post], :next_page => "/paginated_posts.json?page=2" }
diff --git a/test/cases/connection_test.rb b/test/cases/connection_test.rb
index 96ebaa7b09..57f123285e 100644
--- a/test/cases/connection_test.rb
+++ b/test/cases/connection_test.rb
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def test_proxy_accessor_accepts_uri_or_string_argument
     assert_equal proxy, @conn.proxy
   end
 
-  def test_proxy_accessor_accepts_uri_or_string_argument_with_spectials_characters
+  def test_proxy_accessor_accepts_uri_or_string_argument_with_special_characters
     user = "proxy_;{(,!$%_user"
     password = "proxy_;:{(,!$%_password"
 
diff --git a/test/cases/http_mock_test.rb b/test/cases/http_mock_test.rb
index 4f2b5a7561..008cef4dfe 100644
--- a/test/cases/http_mock_test.rb
+++ b/test/cases/http_mock_test.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class HttpMockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 2, ActiveResource::HttpMock.responses.length
   end
 
-  test "allows you to replace the existing reponse with the same request by calling a block" do
+  test "allows you to replace the existing response with the same request by calling a block" do
     ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to do |mock|
       mock.send(:get, "/people/1", {}, "JSON1")
     end
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class HttpMockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 1, ActiveResource::HttpMock.responses.length
   end
 
-  test "allows you to replace the existing reponse with the same request by passing pairs" do
+  test "allows you to replace the existing response with the same request by passing pairs" do
     ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to do |mock|
       mock.send(:get, "/people/1", {}, "JSON1")
     end