diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cc7394b291..ac3a4e90ff 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Then visit [github.com/replicate/cog/actions](https://github.com/replicate/cog/a
 
 Prereleases are a useful way to give testers a way to try out new versions of Cog without affecting the documented `latest` download URL which people normally use to install Cog.
 
-To publish a prerelease version, append a [SemVer prerelease identifer](https://semver.org/#spec-item-9) like `-alpha` or `-beta` to the git tag name. Goreleaser will detect this and mark it as a prerelease in GitHub Releases.
+To publish a prerelease version, append a [SemVer prerelease identifier](https://semver.org/#spec-item-9) like `-alpha` or `-beta` to the git tag name. Goreleaser will detect this and mark it as a prerelease in GitHub Releases.
 
     git checkout some-prerelease-branch
     git fetch --all --tags
diff --git a/pkg/weights/fast_weights_test.go b/pkg/weights/fast_weights_test.go
index bf787888dd..a759848f6c 100644
--- a/pkg/weights/fast_weights_test.go
+++ b/pkg/weights/fast_weights_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestFindFastWeightsWithRemovedWeight(t *testing.T) {
 	weightFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, WEIGHT_FILE)
 	weights := []Weight{
 		{
-			Path:      "nonexistant_weight.h5",
+			Path:      "nonexistent_weight.h5",
 			Digest:    "1",
 			Timestamp: time.Now(),
 			Size:      10,
diff --git a/python/tests/server/test_worker.py b/python/tests/server/test_worker.py
index dd1b4e82fb..31912c26ba 100644
--- a/python/tests/server/test_worker.py
+++ b/python/tests/server/test_worker.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ def test_cancel_idempotency(worker: Worker):
 
     fut = worker.predict({"sleep": 0.5}, tag)
     # We call cancel a WHOLE BUNCH to make sure that we don't propagate any
-    # of those cancelations to subsequent predictions, regardless of the
+    # of those cancellations to subsequent predictions, regardless of the
     # internal implementation of exceptions raised inside signal handlers.
     for _ in range(5):
         time.sleep(0.05)