diff --git a/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go b/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
index 0c6747d28d..c2f110e87b 100644
--- a/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
+++ b/src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ func TestMD5(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// certMissingRSANULL contains an RSA public key where the AlgorithmIdentifer
+// certMissingRSANULL contains an RSA public key where the AlgorithmIdentifier
 // parameters are omitted rather than being an ASN.1 NULL.
 const certMissingRSANULL = `
 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/parser.go b/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/parser.go
index 9204b004f9..e2ef33f7ae 100644
--- a/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/parser.go
+++ b/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/parser.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (p *parser) parseConstValue(pkg *types.Package) (val constant.Value, typ ty
 	if p.tok == '$' {
 		p.next()
 		if p.tok != scanner.Ident {
-			p.errorf("expected identifer after '$', got %s (%q)", scanner.TokenString(p.tok), p.lit)
+			p.errorf("expected identifier after '$', got %s (%q)", scanner.TokenString(p.tok), p.lit)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/blank1.go b/test/blank1.go
index 1a9f012464..c9a8e6a290 100644
--- a/test/blank1.go
+++ b/test/blank1.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Test that incorrect uses of the blank identifer are caught.
+// Test that incorrect uses of the blank identifier are caught.
 // Does not compile.
 
 package _	// ERROR "invalid package name"
diff --git a/test/chanlinear.go b/test/chanlinear.go
index 55fee4ab9b..4d55586dc8 100644
--- a/test/chanlinear.go
+++ b/test/chanlinear.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Test that dequeueing from a pending channel doesn't
+// Test that dequeuing from a pending channel doesn't
 // take linear time.
 
 package main
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue9521.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue9521.go
index 4e4a55f1e1..a33f0483f3 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/issue9521.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue9521.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Test that an incorrect use of the blank identifer is caught.
+// Test that an incorrect use of the blank identifier is caught.
 // Does not compile.
 
 package main