diff --git a/contrib/fb303/TClientInfo.h b/contrib/fb303/TClientInfo.h
index d0a9770..6668c19 100644
--- a/contrib/fb303/TClientInfo.h
+++ b/contrib/fb303/TClientInfo.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 
   /**
    * Return as string the thrift call either currently being processed or
-   * most recently processed if the connection is still open for additonal
+   * most recently processed if the connection is still open for additional
    * calls.  Returns NULL if a call hasn't been made yet or processing
    * has ended.
    */
diff --git a/contrib/fb303/aclocal/ax_javac_and_java.m4 b/contrib/fb303/aclocal/ax_javac_and_java.m4
index fdb4bf0..581b450 100644
--- a/contrib/fb303/aclocal/ax_javac_and_java.m4
+++ b/contrib/fb303/aclocal/ax_javac_and_java.m4
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 dnl java command tested.  Otherwise, a hard-coded list will be used.
 dnl Similarly for "JAVAC".
 dnl
-dnl AX_JAVAC_AND_JAVA does not currenly support testing for a particular
+dnl AX_JAVAC_AND_JAVA does not currently support testing for a particular
 dnl Java version, testing for only one of "java" and "javac", or
 dnl compiling or running user-provided Java code.
 dnl
diff --git a/contrib/parse_profiling.py b/contrib/parse_profiling.py
index 52d2211..3d46fb8 100755
--- a/contrib/parse_profiling.py
+++ b/contrib/parse_profiling.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         self.address = address
         self.sourceFile = None
         self.sourceLine = None
-        self.funtion = None
+        self.function = None
 
 
 g_addrs_by_filename = {}
diff --git a/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/maven/AbstractThriftMojo.java b/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/maven/AbstractThriftMojo.java
index a3b5af6..63451c3 100644
--- a/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/maven/AbstractThriftMojo.java
+++ b/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/thrift/maven/AbstractThriftMojo.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
                     attachFiles();
                 }
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                throw new MojoExecutionException("An IO error occured", e);
+                throw new MojoExecutionException("An IO error occurred", e);
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 throw new MojoFailureException("thrift failed to execute because: " + e.getMessage(), e);
             } catch (CommandLineException e) {
diff --git a/contrib/vagrant/centos-6.5/README.md b/contrib/vagrant/centos-6.5/README.md
index 3d1dc07..76dca44 100644
--- a/contrib/vagrant/centos-6.5/README.md
+++ b/contrib/vagrant/centos-6.5/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 The provisioning script (inside the Vagrantfile) runs ./bootstrap.sh, ./configure, make and make check, but does not install thrift. To install thrift run "make install".
 
-The Vagrant base box used here is a minimal Centos 6.5 VirtualBox with 2GB RAM and 2 CPUs. For more Vagrant information: https://www.vagrantup.com. A summary of the base box preperation follows:
+The Vagrant base box used here is a minimal Centos 6.5 VirtualBox with 2GB RAM and 2 CPUs. For more Vagrant information: https://www.vagrantup.com. A summary of the base box preparation follows:
 
 root password: vagrant
 
diff --git a/contrib/zeromq/csharp/TZmqClient.cs b/contrib/zeromq/csharp/TZmqClient.cs
index c792882..e9ab516 100644
--- a/contrib/zeromq/csharp/TZmqClient.cs
+++ b/contrib/zeromq/csharp/TZmqClient.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 				throw new NotImplementedException ();
 
 			if (_rbuf.Length == 0) {
-				//Fill the Buffer with the complete ZMQ Message which needs to be(?!) the complete Thrift reponse
+				//Fill the Buffer with the complete ZMQ Message which needs to be(?!) the complete Thrift response
 				debug ("Client_Read Filling buffer..");
 				byte[] tmpBuf = _sock.Recv ();
 				debug (string.Format("Client_Read filled with {0}b",tmpBuf.Length));