diff --git a/device/conn_linux.go b/device/conn_linux.go
index f74ad51..dafaf31 100644
--- a/device/conn_linux.go
+++ b/device/conn_linux.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func CreateBind(port uint16, device *Device) (*nativeBind, uint16, error) {
 
 	go bind.routineRouteListener(device)
 
-	// attempt ipv6 bind, update port if succesful
+	// attempt ipv6 bind, update port if successful
 
 	bind.sock6, newPort, err = create6(port)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func CreateBind(port uint16, device *Device) (*nativeBind, uint16, error) {
 		port = newPort
 	}
 
-	// attempt ipv4 bind, update port if succesful
+	// attempt ipv4 bind, update port if successful
 
 	bind.sock4, newPort, err = create4(port)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ func send6(sock int, end *NativeEndpoint, buff []byte) error {
 
 func receive4(sock int, buff []byte, end *NativeEndpoint) (int, error) {
 
-	// contruct message header
+	// construct message header
 
 	var cmsg struct {
 		cmsghdr unix.Cmsghdr
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ func receive4(sock int, buff []byte, end *NativeEndpoint) (int, error) {
 
 func receive6(sock int, buff []byte, end *NativeEndpoint) (int, error) {
 
-	// contruct message header
+	// construct message header
 
 	var cmsg struct {
 		cmsghdr unix.Cmsghdr
diff --git a/device/noise-protocol.go b/device/noise-protocol.go
index 88c6aae..1c08e0a 100644
--- a/device/noise-protocol.go
+++ b/device/noise-protocol.go
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	MessageInitiationSize      = 148                                           // size of handshake initation message
+	MessageInitiationSize      = 148                                           // size of handshake initiation message
 	MessageResponseSize        = 92                                            // size of response message
 	MessageCookieReplySize     = 64                                            // size of cookie reply message
-	MessageTransportHeaderSize = 16                                            // size of data preceeding content in transport message
+	MessageTransportHeaderSize = 16                                            // size of data preceding content in transport message
 	MessageTransportSize       = MessageTransportHeaderSize + poly1305.TagSize // size of empty transport
 	MessageKeepaliveSize       = MessageTransportSize                          // size of keepalive
-	MessageHandshakeSize       = MessageInitiationSize                         // size of largest handshake releated message
+	MessageHandshakeSize       = MessageInitiationSize                         // size of largest handshake related message
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/ratelimiter/ratelimiter_test.go b/ratelimiter/ratelimiter_test.go
index a18a097..659bdfb 100644
--- a/ratelimiter/ratelimiter_test.go
+++ b/ratelimiter/ratelimiter_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestRatelimiter(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < packetsBurstable; i++ {
 		Add(RatelimiterResult{
 			allowed: true,
-			text:    "inital burst",
+			text:    "initial burst",
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/tun/tun_linux.go b/tun/tun_linux.go
index 61902e9..36b43ea 100644
--- a/tun/tun_linux.go
+++ b/tun/tun_linux.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type NativeTun struct {
 	name                    string     // name of interface
 	errors                  chan error // async error handling
 	events                  chan Event // device related events
-	nopi                    bool       // the device was pased IFF_NO_PI
+	nopi                    bool       // the device was passed IFF_NO_PI
 	netlinkSock             int
 	netlinkCancel           *rwcancel.RWCancel
 	hackListenerClosed      sync.Mutex
diff --git a/tun/wintun/setupapi/types_windows.go b/tun/wintun/setupapi/types_windows.go
index 136b4be..239d80b 100644
--- a/tun/wintun/setupapi/types_windows.go
+++ b/tun/wintun/setupapi/types_windows.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type DevInfoData struct {
 	_         uintptr
 }
 
-// DevInfoListDetailData is a structure for detailed information on a device information set (used for SetupDiGetDeviceInfoListDetail which supercedes the functionality of SetupDiGetDeviceInfoListClass).
+// DevInfoListDetailData is a structure for detailed information on a device information set (used for SetupDiGetDeviceInfoListDetail which supersedes the functionality of SetupDiGetDeviceInfoListClass).
 type DevInfoListDetailData struct {
 	size                uint32 // Warning: unsafe.Sizeof(DevInfoListDetailData) > sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_LIST_DETAIL_DATA) when GOARCH == 386 => use sizeofDevInfoListDetailData const.
 	ClassGUID           windows.GUID