diff --git a/accounts/abi/argument.go b/accounts/abi/argument.go
index 2e48d539e0dc..fa5461895af0 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/argument.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/argument.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (arguments Arguments) isTuple() bool {
 func (arguments Arguments) Unpack(data []byte) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		if len(arguments.NonIndexed()) != 0 {
-			return nil, errors.New("abi: attempting to unmarshall an empty string while arguments are expected")
+			return nil, errors.New("abi: attempting to unmarshal an empty string while arguments are expected")
 		}
 		return make([]interface{}, 0), nil
 	}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (arguments Arguments) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, data []byte)
 	}
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		if len(arguments.NonIndexed()) != 0 {
-			return errors.New("abi: attempting to unmarshall an empty string while arguments are expected")
+			return errors.New("abi: attempting to unmarshal an empty string while arguments are expected")
 		}
 		return nil // Nothing to unmarshal, return
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/util_test.go b/accounts/abi/bind/util_test.go
index 75fbc91cebfe..b34c5bc2261f 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/util_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/util_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestWaitDeployedCornerCases(t *testing.T) {
 	backend.Commit()
 	notContentCreation := errors.New("tx is not contract creation")
 	if _, err := bind.WaitDeployed(ctx, backend, tx); err.Error() != notContentCreation.Error() {
-		t.Errorf("error missmatch: want %q, got %q, ", notContentCreation, err)
+		t.Errorf("error mismatch: want %q, got %q, ", notContentCreation, err)
 	}
 
 	// Create a transaction that is not mined.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func TestWaitDeployedCornerCases(t *testing.T) {
 	go func() {
 		contextCanceled := errors.New("context canceled")
 		if _, err := bind.WaitDeployed(ctx, backend, tx); err.Error() != contextCanceled.Error() {
-			t.Errorf("error missmatch: want %q, got %q, ", contextCanceled, err)
+			t.Errorf("error mismatch: want %q, got %q, ", contextCanceled, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
index 6dd2db0d583d..a7ee1d920250 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
@@ -206,13 +206,13 @@ var unpackTests = []unpackTest{
 		def:  `[{"type":"bool"}]`,
 		enc:  "",
 		want: false,
-		err:  "abi: attempting to unmarshall an empty string while arguments are expected",
+		err:  "abi: attempting to unmarshal an empty string while arguments are expected",
 	},
 	{
 		def:  `[{"type":"bytes32","indexed":true},{"type":"uint256","indexed":false}]`,
 		enc:  "",
 		want: false,
-		err:  "abi: attempting to unmarshall an empty string while arguments are expected",
+		err:  "abi: attempting to unmarshal an empty string while arguments are expected",
 	},
 	{
 		def:  `[{"type":"bool","indexed":true},{"type":"uint64","indexed":true}]`,
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go b/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go
index 1356b317806d..1de43a96daba 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestKeyEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
 		// Recrypt with a new password and start over
 		password += "new data appended" // nolint: gosec
 		if keyjson, err = EncryptKey(key, password, veryLightScryptN, veryLightScryptP); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: failed to recrypt key %v", i, err)
+			t.Errorf("test %d: failed to re-encrypt key %v", i, err)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/watch.go b/accounts/keystore/watch.go
index a9f87e7c323e..1bef321cd1f6 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/watch.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/watch.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (w *watcher) loop() {
 			if !ok {
 				return
 			}
-			log.Info("Filsystem watcher error", "err", err)
+			log.Info("Filesystem watcher error", "err", err)
 		case <-debounce.C:
 			w.ac.scanAccounts()
 			rescanTriggered = false
diff --git a/accounts/url_test.go b/accounts/url_test.go
index 239aa06d227b..52be4c558d41 100644
--- a/accounts/url_test.go
+++ b/accounts/url_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestURLMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	url := URL{Scheme: "https", Path: "ethereum.org"}
 	json, err := url.MarshalJSON()
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unexpcted error: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 	if string(json) != "\"https://ethereum.org\"" {
 		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "\"https://ethereum.org\"", string(json))
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestURLUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	url := &URL{}
 	err := url.UnmarshalJSON([]byte("\"https://ethereum.org\""))
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unexpcted error: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 	if url.Scheme != "https" {
 		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "https", url.Scheme)