diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
index 033e5c78b2..dcc693125c 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public function optional($weight = 0.5, $default = null)
      *
      * @param boolean $reset      If set to true, resets the list of existing values
      * @param integer $maxRetries Maximum number of retries to find a unique value,
-     *                                       After which an OverflowExcption is thrown.
+     *                                       After which an OverflowException is thrown.
      * @throws OverflowException When no unique value can be found by iterating $maxRetries times
      *
      * @return UniqueGenerator A proxy class returning only non-existing values
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/File.php b/src/Faker/Provider/File.php
index a9441a0721..c1fd57c398 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/File.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/File.php
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ public static function file($sourceDirectory = '/tmp', $targetDirectory = '/tmp'
         }
 
         if ($sourceDirectory == $targetDirectory) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Source and targer directories must differ.');
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Source and target directories must differ.');
         }
 
         // Drop . and .. and reset array keys
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/UserAgent.php b/src/Faker/Provider/UserAgent.php
index fb5594e251..52c6dd5d0d 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/UserAgent.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/UserAgent.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static function macProcessor()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Generrate linux processor
+     * Generate linux processor
      *
      * @return string
      */
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/en_CA/Address.php b/src/Faker/Provider/en_CA/Address.php
index 8f448717c5..31e2f8beda 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/en_CA/Address.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/en_CA/Address.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static function provinceAbbr()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a postalcodde-safe letter
+     * Returns a postalcode-safe letter
      * @example A1B 2C3
      */
     public static function randomPostcodeLetter()
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/is_IS/PhoneNumber.php b/src/Faker/Provider/is_IS/PhoneNumber.php
index 08fdc9e46a..de91f74281 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/is_IS/PhoneNumber.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/is_IS/PhoneNumber.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 class PhoneNumber extends \Faker\Provider\PhoneNumber
 {
     /**
-     * @var array Icelandic phonenumber formats.
+     * @var array Icelandic phone number formats.
      */
     protected static $formats = array(
         '+354 ### ####',