diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9440a69cc..cef5f820d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ to see where (if anywhere) the tests are failing.
 
 The GitHub Actions runs include `ruff` formatting and checking. Before opening a PR, you can
 run `ruff format` locally to reformat your code and `ruff check` to locally check for code
-suggestion that the CI run will pick up on.
+suggestions that the CI run will pick up on.
 
 ### Code of conduct
 We expect all our contributors to follow the [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Any unacceptable
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c05344e4b..d6cbd981b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Basix allows users to:
 - access geometric and topological information about reference cells;
 - apply push forward and pull back operations to map data between a
   reference cell and a physical cell;
-- permute and transform DOFs to allow higher-order elements to be use on
+- permute and transform DOFs to allow higher-order elements to be used on
   arbitrary meshes; and
 - interpolate into and between finite element spaces.
 
diff --git a/cpp/basix/finite-element.h b/cpp/basix/finite-element.h
index be1462440..9e04c859a 100644
--- a/cpp/basix/finite-element.h
+++ b/cpp/basix/finite-element.h
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ std::vector<int> lex_dof_ordering(element::family family, cell::type cell,
 /// between cells points of the element. The discontinuous element will have the
 /// same DOFs, but they will all be associated with the interior of the cell.
 /// @param[in] dof_ordering The ordering of the DOFs
-/// @return An optioanl list of lists of finite element factors if family has
+/// @return An optional list of lists of finite element factors if family has
 /// tensor structure
 template <std::floating_point T>
 std::optional<std::vector<std::vector<FiniteElement<T>>>>
diff --git a/cpp/basix/polyset.h b/cpp/basix/polyset.h
index ae98b0abb..a996d6992 100644
--- a/cpp/basix/polyset.h
+++ b/cpp/basix/polyset.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int nderivs(cell::type cell, int d);
 /// given cell.
 /// @param[in] cell Cell type
 /// @param[in] type1 First polyset type
-/// @param[in] type2 Decond polyset type
+/// @param[in] type2 Second polyset type
 /// @return Superset type
 polyset::type superset(cell::type cell, polyset::type type1,
                        polyset::type type2);
diff --git a/joss/paper.bib b/joss/paper.bib
index 1b583b9c1..9011224a0 100644
--- a/joss/paper.bib
+++ b/joss/paper.bib
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ @misc{xtensor
 @article{hhj,
     AUTHOR = {{A}rnold, {D}ouglas {N}. and {W}alker, {S}hawn {W}.},
      TITLE = {{T}he {H}ellan--{H}errmann--{J}ohnson method with curved elements},
-   JOURNAL = {SIAM Journal on Numberical Analysis},
+   JOURNAL = {SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis},
     VOLUME = {58},
     NUMBER = {5},
       YEAR = {2020},
diff --git a/python/basix/ufl.py b/python/basix/ufl.py
index 0602b4b8a..075f8777b 100644
--- a/python/basix/ufl.py
+++ b/python/basix/ufl.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ class _MixedElement(_ElementBase):
     """A mixed element that combines two or more elements.
 
     This can be used when multiple different elements appear in a form.
-    Users should not directly call this class's initilizer, but should
+    Users should not directly call this class's initializer, but should
     use the :func:`mixed_element` function instead.
     """
 
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ class _BlockedElement(_ElementBase):
     """Element with a block size that contains multiple copies of a sub element.
 
     This can be used to (for example) create vector and tensor Lagrange
-    elements. Users should not directly call this classes initilizer,
+    elements. Users should not directly call this class's initializer,
     but should use the `blocked_element` function instead.
 
     """
diff --git a/python/basix/utils.py b/python/basix/utils.py
index e2afd05a4..c046b38f2 100644
--- a/python/basix/utils.py
+++ b/python/basix/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This file is part of Basix (https://www.fenicsproject.org)
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:    MIT
-"""Utility funcitons."""
+"""Utility functions."""
 
 from basix._basixcpp import index as _index