diff --git a/tempest/cli/output_parser.py b/tempest/cli/output_parser.py
index f22ec4e..bb3368f 100644
--- a/tempest/cli/output_parser.py
+++ b/tempest/cli/output_parser.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 def _table_columns(first_table_row):
     """Find column ranges in output line.
 
-    Return list of touples (start,end) for each column
+    Return list of tuples (start,end) for each column
     detected by plus (+) characters in delimiter line.
     """
     positions = []
diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
index 2cbb74d..0d0e794 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
         return self.ssh_client.test_connection_auth()
 
     def hostname_equals_servername(self, expected_hostname):
-        # Get hostname using command "hostname"
+        # Get host name using command "hostname"
         actual_hostname = self.ssh_client.exec_command("hostname").rstrip()
         return expected_hostname == actual_hostname
 
     def get_files(self, path):
-        # Return a list of comma seperated files
+        # Return a list of comma separated files
         command = "ls -m " + path
         return self.ssh_client.exec_command(command).rstrip('\n').split(', ')
 
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_autoscaling.py b/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_autoscaling.py
index 88f2ebd..1a4d802 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_autoscaling.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_autoscaling.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
         def server_count():
             # the number of servers is the number of resources
-            # in the nexted stack
+            # in the nested stack
             self.server_count = len(
                 self.client.resources.list(nested_stack_id))
             return self.server_count
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
index 662e919..9d7086c 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
      Tempest host.  A public network is assumed to be reachable from
      the Tempest host, and it should be possible to associate a public
      ('floating') IP address with a tenant ('fixed') IP address to
-     faciliate external connectivity to a potentially unroutable
+     facilitate external connectivity to a potentially unroutable
      tenant IP address.
 
      This test suite can be configured to test network connectivity to
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/container_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/container_client.py
index dd5f3ec..75f7a33 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/container_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/container_client.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                          metadata_prefix='X-Container-Meta-'):
         """
            Creates a container, with optional metadata passed in as a
-           dictonary
+           dictionary
         """
         url = str(container_name)
         headers = {}
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@
         """
             Returns complete list of all objects in the container, even if
             item count is beyond 10,000 item listing limit.
-            Does not require any paramaters aside from container name.
+            Does not require any parameters aside from container name.
         """
-        # TODO(dwalleck):  Rewite using json format to avoid newlines at end of
+        # TODO(dwalleck): Rewrite using json format to avoid newlines at end of
         # obj names. Set limit to API limit - 1 (max returned items = 9999)
         limit = 9999
         if params is not None:
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
index 1c97869..c605a45 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         return resp, body
 
     def get_object_using_temp_url(self, container, object_name, expires, key):
-        """Retrieve object's data using temp URL."""
+        """Retrieve object's data using temporary URL."""
 
         self._set_auth()
         method = 'GET'
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py
index 51c46da..3596017 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         display_name: Optional snapshot Name.
         display_description: User friendly snapshot description.
         """
-        # NOTE(afazekas): it should use the volume namaspace
+        # NOTE(afazekas): it should use the volume namespace
         snapshot = Element("snapshot", xmlns=XMLNS_11, volume_id=volume_id)
         for key, value in kwargs.items():
             snapshot.add_attr(key, value)
diff --git a/tempest/stress/stressaction.py b/tempest/stress/stressaction.py
index 28251af..45a628d 100644
--- a/tempest/stress/stressaction.py
+++ b/tempest/stress/stressaction.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     def setUp(self, **kwargs):
         """This method is called before the run method
-        to help the test initiatlize any structures.
+        to help the test initialize any structures.
         kwargs contains arguments passed in from the
         configuration json file.
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     def execute(self, shared_statistic):
         """This is the main execution entry point called
         by the driver.   We register a signal handler to
-        allow us to gracefull tearDown, and then exit.
+        allow us to tearDown gracefully, and then exit.
         We also keep track of how many runs we do.
         """
         signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, self._shutdown_handler)