gnu: Fix typoes in package descriptions.

* gnu/packages/audio.scm (caps-plugins-lv2)[synopsis]: Fix typo.
* gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm (r-karyoploter, r-anota, r-gcrma)
(r-bigmemoryextras)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/cran.scm (r-geometry)[synopsis]: Likewise.
(r-stringdist, r-patchwork, r-depth, r-tea)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/crates-io.scm (rust-assert-fs-0.11, rust-notify-4)
(rust-tokio-fs-0.1)[synopsis, description]: Likewise.
(rust-blas-sys-0.7)[description]: Likewise.
(rust-fs-extra-1.1, rust-xattr-0.2)[synopsis]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/databases.scm (perl-mysql-config)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/disk.scm (hddtemp)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/django.scm (python-djangorestframework)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/documentation.scm (doc++)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm (emacs-kakoune, emacs-pyim-basedict, eless)
(emacs-scpaste)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/file-systems.scm (dbxfs)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/finance.scm (python-stdnum)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/fontutils.scm (woff2)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/games.scm (openttd-opengfx)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/gnome-xyz.scm (gnome-shell-extension-topicons-redux)
[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/gnome.scm (libgrss)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/golang.scm (go-github-com-mitchellh-reflectwalk)
[description]: Likewise.
(go-github-com-go-git-go-billy)[synopsis, description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm (ghc-inspection-testing)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/haskell-web.scm (ghc-yesod-form)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm (ghc-hex)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/hyperledger.scm (hyperledger-iroha-ed25519)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/java.scm (java-mail)[synopsis]: Likewise.
(java-native-access-platform)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm (kactivities-stats)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/kde-utils.scm (krusader)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/language.scm (praat)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (light)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm (sbcl-hu.dwim.defclass-star)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/mail.scm (dovecot-trees, sieve-connect)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/ocaml.scm (ocaml-opam-file-format, ocaml-cppo)
(ocaml4.07-ppx-variants-conv)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-convert-binhex)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm (python-ecdsa)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/python-web.scm (python-html5lib)[synopsis, description]:
Likewise.
(python-venusian)[synopsis]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-readlike, python-gssapi)
(python-flufl-i18n)[description]: Likewise.
(python-pox, python-watchdog, python-xattr)[synopsis, description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/ruby.scm (ruby-sorcerer)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/rust-apps.scm (watchexec)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/rust.scm (mrustc)[synopsis]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/shells.scm (s-shell)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/ssh.scm (sshpass)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/terminals.scm (beep)[description]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/web.scm (perl-lwp-useragent-cached)[description]:
Likewise.
* gnu/packages/wv.scm (wv)[description]: Likewise.

40 files changed, 88 insertions, 89 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index c6734a35f3..f26b3eceae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ tools (analyzer, mono/stereo tools, crossovers).")
      `(("lv2" ,lv2)))
     ;; home-page of the original LADSPA version: http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html
     (home-page "https://github.com/moddevices/caps-lv2")
-    (synopsis "LV2 port of the CAPS audio plugin colection")
+    (synopsis "LV2 port of the CAPS audio plugin collection")
     (description
      "LV2 port of CAPS, a collection of audio plugins comprising basic virtual
 guitar amplification and a small range of classic effects, signal processors and
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index 9d5c69e45e..d655253cf1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ gene and isoform level using RNA-seq data")
     (home-page "https://bioconductor.org/packages/karyoploteR/")
     (synopsis "Plot customizable linear genomes displaying arbitrary data")
     (description "This package creates karyotype plots of arbitrary genomes and
-offers a complete set of functions to plot arbitrary data on them.  It mimicks
+offers a complete set of functions to plot arbitrary data on them.  It mimics
 many R base graphics functions coupling them with a coordinate change function
 automatically mapping the chromosome and data coordinates into the plot
 coordinates.")
@@ -3674,7 +3674,7 @@ sets of GO terms, gene products and gene clusters.")
     (description
      "Genome wide studies of translational control is emerging as a tool to
 study various biological conditions.  The output from such analysis is both
-the mRNA level (e.g. cytosolic mRNA level) and the levl of mRNA actively
+the mRNA level (e.g. cytosolic mRNA level) and the level of mRNA actively
 involved in translation (the actively translating mRNA level) for each mRNA.
 The standard analysis of such data strives towards identifying differential
 translational between two or more sample classes - i.e.  differences in
@@ -4843,7 +4843,7 @@ a more complex way than the simple GC content.  Instead, the base types (A, T,
 G or C) at each position along the probe determine the affinity of each probe.
 The parameters of the position-specific base contributions to the probe
 affinity is estimated in an NSB experiment in which only NSB but no
-gene-specific bidning is expected.")
+gene-specific binding is expected.")
     ;; Any version of the LGPL
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
@@ -7478,7 +7478,7 @@ networks and estimated fluxes can be visualized with hypergraphs.")
 safety and convenience features to the @code{filebacked.big.matrix} class from
 the @code{bigmemory} package.  @code{BigMatrix} protects against segfaults by
 monitoring and gracefully restoring the connection to on-disk data and it also
-protects against accidental data modification with a filesystem-based
+protects against accidental data modification with a file-system-based
 permissions system.  Utilities are provided for using @code{BigMatrix}-derived
 classes as @code{assayData} matrices within the @code{Biobase} package's
 @code{eSet} family of classes.  @code{BigMatrix} provides some optimizations
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 684244456b..50ce111123 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ Optimization problems by using the simplex algorithm.")
        ("r-rcpp" ,r-rcpp)
        ("r-rcppprogress" ,r-rcppprogress)))
     (home-page "http://geometry.r-forge.r-project.org/")
-    (synopsis "Mesh generation and surface tesselation")
+    (synopsis "Mesh generator and surface tessellator")
     (description
      "This package makes the qhull library available in R, in a similar manner
 as in Octave.  Qhull computes convex hulls, Delaunay triangulations, halfspace
@@ -3743,7 +3743,7 @@ color labels, layout, etc.")
     (description
      "This package implements an approximate string matching version of R's
 native @code{match} function.  It can calculate various string distances based
-on edits (Damerau-Levenshtein, Hamming, Levenshtein, optimal sting alignment),
+on edits (Damerau-Levenshtein, Hamming, Levenshtein, optimal string alignment),
 qgrams (q- gram, cosine, jaccard distance) or heuristic metrics (Jaro,
 Jaro-Winkler).  An implementation of soundex is provided as well.  Distances
 can be computed between character vectors while taking proper care of encoding
@@ -16497,7 +16497,7 @@ guaranteeing well-connected communities.\" <arXiv:1810.08473>.")
      "The @code{ggplot2} package provides a strong API for sequentially
 building up a plot, but does not concern itself with composition of multiple
 plots.  Patchwork is a package that expands the API to allow for arbitrarily
-complex composition of plots by providing mathmatical operators for combining
+complex composition of plots by providing mathematical operators for combining
 multiple plots.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
@@ -19616,7 +19616,7 @@ on distances rather than on unit x variables.")
      "This package provides tools for depth functions methodology applied to
 multivariate analysis.  Besides allowing calculation of depth values and
 depth-based location estimators, the package includes functions or drawing
-contour plots and perspective plots of depth functions.  Euclidian and
+contour plots and perspective plots of depth functions.  Euclidean and
 spherical depths are supported.")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 
@@ -22103,7 +22103,7 @@ general, via different versions of bridge sampling.")
     (description
      "This package provides different approaches for selecting the threshold
 in generalized Pareto distributions.  Most of them are based on minimizing the
-AMSE-criterion or atleast by reducing the bias of the assumed GPD-model.
+AMSE-criterion or at least by reducing the bias of the assumed GPD-model.
 Others are heuristically motivated by searching for stable sample paths, i.e.
 a nearly constant region of the tail index estimator with respect to k, which
 is the number of data in the tail.  The third class is motivated by graphical
diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index ba02406848..96b47394a6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -984,9 +984,9 @@ Mac, and Unix.")
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-docmatic" ,rust-docmatic-0.1))))
     (home-page "https://github.com/assert-rs/assert_fs")
-    (synopsis "Filesystem fixtures and assertions for testing")
+    (synopsis "File system fixtures and assertions for testing")
     (description
-     "Filesystem fixtures and assertions for testing.")
+     "File system fixtures and assertions for testing.")
     (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
 
 (define-public rust-assert-matches-1.3
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ BLAKE2bp hash functions.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/blas-lapack-rs/blas-sys")
     (synopsis "Bindings to BLAS (Fortran)")
     (description
-     "Ths package provides bindings to BLAS (Fortran).")
+     "This package provides bindings to BLAS (Fortran).")
     (license (list license:asl2.0
                    license:expat))))
 
@@ -7945,7 +7945,7 @@ duplication.")
     (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments '(#:skip-build? #t))
     (home-page "https://github.com/webdesus/fs_extra")
-    (synopsis "Extra filesystem methods")
+    (synopsis "Extra file system methods")
     (description "Expanding opportunities standard library @code{std::fs} and
 @code{std::io}.  Recursively copy folders with recept information about
 process and much more.")
@@ -15245,9 +15245,9 @@ with all line endings.")
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile-3))))
     (home-page "https://github.com/passcod/notify")
-    (synopsis "Cross-platform filesystem notification library")
+    (synopsis "Cross-platform file system notification library")
     (description
-     "Cross-platform filesystem notification library.")
+     "Cross-platform file system notification library.")
     (license license:cc0)))
 
 (define-public rust-num-0.2
@@ -27178,8 +27178,8 @@ the current thread.")
         ("rust-tokio-codec" ,rust-tokio-codec-0.1)
         ("rust-tokio-io" ,rust-tokio-io-0.1))))
     (home-page "https://tokio.rs")
-    (synopsis "Filesystem API for Tokio")
-    (description "Filesystem API for Tokio.")
+    (synopsis "File system API for Tokio")
+    (description "File system API for Tokio.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
 ;; Cyclic dependencies with tokio and tokio-current-thread
@@ -30508,7 +30508,7 @@ color in a Windows console.")
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile-3))))
     (home-page "https://github.com/Stebalien/xattr")
-    (synopsis "Unix extended filesystem attributes")
+    (synopsis "Unix extended file system attributes")
     (description
      "This package provide a small library for setting, getting, and listing
 extended attributes.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index a9798cbc33..c86297b293 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ module, and nothing else.")
     (synopsis "Parse and utilize MySQL's /etc/my.cnf and ~/.my.cnf files")
     (description
      "@code{MySQL::Config} emulates the @code{load_defaults} function from
-libmysqlclient.  It will fill an aray with long options, ready to be parsed by
+libmysqlclient.  It will fill an array with long options, ready to be parsed by
 @code{Getopt::Long}.")
     (license license:perl-license)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/disk.scm b/gnu/packages/disk.scm
index 79e187e283..1e538ef60e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/disk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/disk.scm
@@ -1038,6 +1038,6 @@ of choice for all light thinking Unix addicts!")
     (home-page "https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/hddtemp/")
     (synopsis "Report the temperature of hard drives from S.M.A.R.T. information")
     (description "@command{hddtemp} is a small utility that gives you the
-temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. informations (for drives
+temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. information (for drives
 that support this feature).")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/django.scm b/gnu/packages/django.scm
index 3fee18a102..43339720f2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/django.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/django.scm
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ Django projects, which allows association of a number of tags with any
     (synopsis "Toolkit for building Web APIs with Django")
     (description
      "The Django REST framework is for building Web APIs with Django.  It
-provides features like a web browseable API and authentication policies.")
+provides features like a Web-browsable API and authentication policies.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
 (define-public python-django-sekizai
diff --git a/gnu/packages/documentation.scm b/gnu/packages/documentation.scm
index 9c30fc832a..6532bb4704 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/documentation.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/documentation.scm
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ and to some extent D.")
     (description
      "DOC++ is a documentation system for C, C++, IDL, and Java.  It can
 generate both TeX output for high-quality hardcopies or HTML output for online
-brwosing.  The documentation is extracted directly from the C/C++/IDL source
+browsing.  The documentation is extracted directly from the C/C++/IDL source
 or Java class files.")
     (license gpl2+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 43add530af..2957641c14 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ running Extempore process, and more.")
       (description "This package provides many, but not all of the editing
 primitives in the Kakoune editor.  Unlike Evil mode for Vim, this is a very
 shallow emulation, which seeks to do as little work as possible, leveraging
-Emacs native editing commmands and the work of other packages wherever
+Emacs native editing commands and the work of other packages wherever
 possible.")
       (license license:expat))))
 
@@ -11105,7 +11105,7 @@ function to be used by other frontend programs.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/tumashu/pyim-basedict")
     (synopsis "Input method dictionary of pyim")
     (description "Pyim-basedict is the default pinyin input method dictionary,
-containing words from the rime project.")
+containing words from the Rime project.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public emacs-pyim
@@ -12974,7 +12974,7 @@ buffer.")
     (description "@code{eless} provides a combination of Bash script
 and a minimal Emacs view-mode.
 
-Feautures:
+Features:
 
 @itemize
 @item Independent of a user’s Emacs config.
@@ -24633,7 +24633,7 @@ displayed for sharing.")
 buffer on an active webserver to which the user has SSH access.
 It is similar in purpose to services such as Gist or Pastebin,
 but is much simpler since it assumes the user has access to a
-publically-accessible HTTP server.")
+publicly-accessible HTTP server.")
       (license license:gpl3+))))
 
 (define-public emacs-company-reftex
diff --git a/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm b/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm
index b8612ac3b2..046deb67ab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm
@@ -917,5 +917,5 @@ Dropbox API v2.")
   (synopsis "User-space file system for Dropbox")
   (description
    "@code{dbxfs} allows you to mount your Dropbox folder as if it were a
-local filesystem using FUSE.")
+local file system using FUSE.")
   (license license:gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/finance.scm b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
index de3b687410..863914bd35 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/finance.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ amongst which a great number of VAT and other tax numbers,
 personal identity and company identification codes,
 international standard numbers (ISBN, IBAN, EAN, etc.)
 and various other formats.
-The module also inclused implementations of the Verhoeff,
+The module also includes implementations of the Verhoeff,
 Luhn and family of ISO/IEC 7064 check digit algorithms. ")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index 96557b963c..94473991f7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ work with most software requiring Type 1 fonts.")
     (inputs
      `(("brotli" ,google-brotli)))
     (synopsis "Libraries and tools for WOFF2 font format")
-    (description "WOFF2 provides libraires and tools to handle the Web Open
+    (description "WOFF2 provides libraries and tools to handle the Web Open
 Font Format (WOFF).")
     (home-page "https://w3c.github.io/woff/woff2/")
     (license license:expat)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index d54a3bd1a9..b819cd104f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ engine.  When you start it you will be prompted to download a graphics set.")
     (home-page "http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/opengfx")
     (synopsis "Base graphics set for OpenTTD")
     (description
-     "The OpenGFX projects is an implementation of the OpenTTD base grahics
+     "The OpenGFX project is an implementation of the OpenTTD base graphics
 set that aims to ensure the best possible out-of-the-box experience.
 
 OpenGFX provides you with...
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome-xyz.scm
index 75ba0f5636..7f3ae41d17 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome-xyz.scm
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ some media players, are meant to run long-term in the background even after you
 close their window.  These applications remain accessible by adding an icon to
 the GNOME Shell Legacy Tray.  However, the Legacy Tray was removed in GNOME
 3.26.  TopIcons Redux brings those icons back into the top panel so that it's
-easier to keep track of apps running in the backround.")
+easier to keep track of applications running in the background.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index d727f18ed8..762e48f572 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ services.")
        ("libsoup" ,libsoup)
        ("libxml2" ,libxml2)))
     (synopsis "Glib library for feeds")
-    (description "LibGRSS is a Glib abstaction to handle feeds in RSS, Atom and
-other formats.")
+    (description "LibGRSS is a Glib abstraction to handle feeds in RSS, Atom,
+and other formats.")
     (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Libgrss")
     (license license:lgpl3+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang.scm b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
index 8723592b51..001c864505 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/golang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ cross-compilation.")
     (synopsis "Walk a value in Go using reflection")
     (description "reflectwalk is a Go library for \"walking\" a value in Go
 using reflection, in the same way a directory tree can be \"walked\" on the
-filesystem.  Walking a complex structure can allow you to do manipulations on
+file system.  Walking a complex structure can allow you to do manipulations on
 unknown structures such as those decoded from JSON.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
@@ -5237,11 +5237,11 @@ errors (warnings).")
     (native-inputs
      `(("go-gopkg-in-check-v1" ,go-gopkg-in-check-v1)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/")
-    (synopsis "Filesystem abstraction for Go")
-    (description "Billy implements an interface based on the os standard
-library, allowing to develop applications without dependency on the underlying
-storage.  Makes it virtually free to implement mocks and testing over
-filesystem operations.")
+    (synopsis "File system abstraction for Go")
+    (description "Billy implements an interface based on the OS's standard
+library to develop applications without depending on the underlying storage.
+This makes it virtually free to implement mocks and testing over
+file system operations.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public go-github-com-jbenet-go-context
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm
index 7f7bc22da5..b5546f97f8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ library's promised without anyone noticing.
 
 This package provides a disciplined way of specifying such properties, and
 have them checked by the compiler.  This way, this checking can be part of the
-ususal development cycle and regressions caught early.
+regular development cycle and regressions caught early.
 
 See the documentation in \"Test.Inspection\" or the project webpage for more
 examples and more information.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-web.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-web.scm
index 98d163566c..a4269599f6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-web.scm
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ from Yesod.")
         ("ghc-hspec" ,ghc-hspec)))
     (home-page "https://www.yesodweb.com")
     (synopsis "Form handling support for Yesod Web Framework")
-    (description "This Haskell package provies a set of basic form inputs such
+    (description "This Haskell package provides a set of basic form inputs such
 as text, number, time, checkbox, select, textarea, etc through the
 @code{Yesod.Form.Fields} module.  Also, there is @code{Yesod.Form.Nic} module
 providing richtext field using Nic editor. ")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
index f4af00283c..5b9da15630 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
@@ -5524,8 +5524,8 @@ Vim.")
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
     (home-page "https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hex")
     (synopsis "Convert strings into hexadecimal and back")
-    (description "This package provides conversion functions between
-bytestrings and their hexademical representation.")
+    (description "This package converts between bytestrings and their
+hexadecimal string representation.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public ghc-highlighting-kate
diff --git a/gnu/packages/hyperledger.scm b/gnu/packages/hyperledger.scm
index c1b8215584..82680cd5e4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/hyperledger.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/hyperledger.scm
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Originally Ed25519 consists of three modules:
 @itemize
 @item digital signature algorithm itself
 @item SHA512 hash function
-@item random number generator, to generate keypairs
+@item random number generator, to generate key pairs
 @end itemize
 
 This project offers at least two different C implementations for every
diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index 8c594f5fe2..40b0a8c1dd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -10949,7 +10949,7 @@ application components to create, send, receive, and read messages.")
      `(("junit" ,java-junit)
        ("hamcrest" ,java-hamcrest-core)))
     (home-page "https://javaee.github.io/javamail/")
-    (synopsis "Mail-related functionnalities in Java")
+    (synopsis "Mail-related functionality in Java")
     (description "The JavaMail API provides a platform-independent and
 protocol-independent framework to build mail and messaging applications.")
     ;; General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
@@ -12226,7 +12226,7 @@ Java method invocation.")
     (inputs
      `(("java-native-access" ,java-native-access)))
     (synopsis "Cross-platform mappings for jna")
-    (description "java-native-access-platfrom has cross-platform mappings
+    (description "java-native-access-platform has cross-platform mappings
 and mappings for a number of commonly used platform functions, including a
 large number of Win32 mappings as well as a set of utility classes that
 simplify native access.")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
index d264ca5bbe..c4479de995 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ maintaining an index of the contents of your files.")
     (home-page "https://community.kde.org/Frameworks")
     (synopsis "Access usage statistics collected by the activity manager")
     (description "The KActivitiesStats library provides a querying mechanism for
-the data that the activitiy manager collects - which documents have been opened
+the data that the activity manager collects---which documents have been opened
 by which applications, and what documents have been linked to which activity.")
     ;; triple licensed
     (license (list license:lgpl2.0+ license:lgpl2.1+ license:lgpl3+))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-utils.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-utils.scm
index 5e6a872314..4d9f3736c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-utils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-utils.scm
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ twin-panel (commander-style) file manager, similar to Midnight Commander or
 Total Commander
 
 It provides all the file management features you could possibly want.  Plus:
-extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, FTP, advanced search
+extensive archive handling, mounted file system support, FTP, advanced search
 module, an internal viewer/editor, directory synchronisation, file content
 comparisons, powerful batch renaming and much much more.  It supports a wide
 variety of archive formats and can handle other KIO slaves such as smb or
diff --git a/gnu/packages/language.scm b/gnu/packages/language.scm
index 0c59cd1bf7..89e5e307eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/language.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/language.scm
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ noun phrases, verb phrases, etc.).")
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (home-page "http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/")
     (synopsis "Doing phonetics by computer")
-    (description "Praat is a tool to perform phonetics tasks.  It can do speach
-analysis (pitch, formant, intensity, ...), speach synthesis, labeling, segmenting
+    (description "Praat is a tool to perform phonetics tasks.  It can do speech
+analysis (pitch, formant, intensity, ...), speech synthesis, labelling, segmenting
 and manipulation.")
     (license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 2c80bda7ce..f443299dfc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -6008,10 +6008,8 @@ under GNU/Linux.  Features include:
 @item Light can automatically figure out the best controller to use, making
 full use of underlying hardware.
 @item It is possible to set a minimum brightness value, as some controllers
-set the screen to be pitch black at a vaĺue of 0 (or higher).
-@end itemize
-
-Light is the successor of lightscript.")
+set the screen to be pitch black at a value of 0 (or higher).
+@end itemize\n")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public brightnessctl
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
index ef08960497..69ebdb3eb8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
@@ -13656,7 +13656,7 @@ simplify class and condition declarations.  Features include:
 
 @itemize
 @item Automatically export all or select slots at compile time.
-@item Define the @code{:initarg} and @code{:accesor} automatically.
+@item Define the @code{:initarg} and @code{:accessor} automatically.
 @item Specify a name transformer for both the @code{:initarg} and
 @code{:accessor}, etc.
 @item Specify the @code{:initform} as second slot value.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index fcdefbb577..70e2fcd76b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ scripts to prevent embarrassing errors later on.")
      "Technology for Resting Email Encrypted Storage (TREES) is a NaCL-based
 Dovecot encryption plugin.  This plugin adds individually encrypted mail
 storage to the Dovecot IMAP server.  It is inspired by Posteo's scrambler
-which uses OpenSSL and RSA keypairs.  TREES works in a similar way, but uses
+which uses OpenSSL and RSA key pairs.  TREES works in a similar way, but uses
 the Sodium crypto library (based on NaCL).
 
 How it works:
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ transfer protocols.")
     (description
      "Sieve-connect lets you view, upload, edit, delete, and otherwise manage
 Sieve scripts on any mail server that speaks the @dfn{ManageSieve} protocol,
-as specifed in RFC 5804.
+as specified in RFC 5804.
 
 @dfn{Sieve} (RFC 5228) is a specialised language for e-mail filtering.  Sieve
 scripts are stored on the server and run whenever mail arrives.  They can
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index 33c3fa0494..f92d62691f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ repository-wide uninstallability checks.")
     (home-page "https://opam.ocaml.org")
     (synopsis "Parser and printer for the opam file syntax")
     (description "This package contains a parser and a pretty-printer for
-the opam file fomat.")
+the opam file format.")
     ;; With static-linking exception
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
@@ -2577,9 +2577,9 @@ from the oasis build log
     (home-page "https://github.com/mjambon/cppo")
     (synopsis "Equivalent of the C preprocessor for OCaml programs")
     (description "Cppo is an equivalent of the C preprocessor for OCaml
-programs.  It allows the definition of simple macros and file inclusion.  Cpp ois:
+programs.  It allows the definition of simple macros and file inclusion.  Cppo is:
 @enumerate
-@item more OCaml-friendly than cpp
+@item more OCaml-friendly than @command{cpp}
 @item easy to learn without consulting a manual
 @item reasonably fast
 @item simple to install and to maintain.
@@ -4369,7 +4369,7 @@ definitions.")
       "https://github.com/janestreet/ppx_variants_conv")
     (synopsis "Generation of accessor and iteration functions for OCaml variant types")
     (description
-      "This package generates accessors and interation functions for OCaml
+      "This package generates accessors and iteration functions for OCaml
 variant types.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index bd6e746b67..1c3d999d79 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ the caller.")
     (synopsis "Extract data from Macintosh BinHex files")
     (description
      "BinHex is a format for transporting files safely through electronic
-mail, as short-lined, 7-bit, semi-compressed data streams.  Ths module
+mail, as short-lined, 7-bit, semi-compressed data streams.  This module
 provides a means of converting those data streams back into into binary
 data.")
     (license license:perl-license)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
index 22b1a1ebe3..f39695a850 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Python interface around SSH networking concepts.")
     (description
      "This is an easy-to-use implementation of ECDSA cryptography (Elliptic
 Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), implemented purely in Python.  With this
-library, you can quickly create keypairs (signing key and verifying key), sign
+library, you can quickly create key pairs (signing key and verifying key), sign
 messages, and verify the signatures.  The keys and signatures are very short,
 making them easy to handle and incorporate into other protocols.")
     (license license:expat)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index c0d0d5662b..aa7d825f2a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -730,9 +730,9 @@ both of which are installed automatically if you install this library.")
     (home-page
       "https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python")
     (synopsis
-      "Python HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specifcation")
+      "Python HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specification")
     (description
-      "Html5lib is an HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specifcation
+      "Html5lib is an HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specification
 and written in Python.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
@@ -4723,7 +4723,7 @@ major web browsers.")
        ("python-pytest-cov" ,python-pytest-cov)))
     (arguments '(#:test-target "pytest"))
     (home-page "https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/venusian")
-    (synopsis "Library for defering decorator actions")
+    (synopsis "Library for deferring decorator actions")
     (description
      "Venusian is a library which allows framework authors to defer decorator
 actions.  Instead of taking actions when a function (or class) decorator is
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index af557fd009..1cd0305fe1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -18940,7 +18940,7 @@ with a non-list @code{cdr}.")
     (description
      "This Python module provides line editing functions similar to the default
 Emacs-style ones of GNU Readline.  Unlike the Python standard library's
-@code{readline} package, this one allows access to those capabilties in settings
+@code{readline} package, this one allows access to those capabilities in settings
 outside of a standard command-line interface.  It is especially well-suited to
 interfacing with Urwid, due to a shared syntax for describing key inputs.
 
@@ -20087,11 +20087,11 @@ load balancing.")
      `(("python-pytest" ,python-pytest)
        ("which" ,which)))
     (home-page "https://pypi.org/project/pox/")
-    (synopsis "Python utilities for filesystem exploration and automated builds")
+    (synopsis "Python utilities for file system exploration and automated builds")
     (description
      "Pox provides a collection of utilities for navigating and manipulating
-filesystems.  This module is designed to facilitate some of the low level
-operating system interactions that are useful when exploring a filesystem on a
+file systems.  This module is designed to facilitate some of the low-level
+operating system interactions that are useful when exploring a file system on a
 remote host.  Pox provides Python equivalents of several shell commands such
 as @command{which} and @command{find}.  These commands allow automated
 discovery of what has been installed on an operating system, and where the
@@ -20440,7 +20440,7 @@ tests.")
     (description
      "Python-GSSAPI provides both low-level and high level wrappers around the
 GSSAPI C libraries.  While it focuses on the Kerberos mechanism, it should
-also be useable with other GSSAPI mechanisms.")
+also be usable with other GSSAPI mechanisms.")
     (license license:isc)))
 
 (define-public python-check-manifest
@@ -20516,8 +20516,8 @@ files.  These files are used to translate strings in android apps.")
      `(("python-pytest-cov" ,python-pytest-cov)
        ("python-pytest-timeout" ,python-pytest-timeout)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog")
-    (synopsis "Filesystem events monitoring")
-    (description "This package provides a way to monitor filesystem events
+    (synopsis "File system events monitoring")
+    (description "This package provides a way to monitor file system events
 such as a file modification and trigger an action.  This is similar to inotify,
 but portable.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
@@ -20817,9 +20817,9 @@ content models.")
      `(("python-cffi" ,python-cffi)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/xattr/xattr")
     (synopsis
-     "Python wrapper for extended filesystem attributes")
+     "Python wrapper for extended file system attributes")
     (description "This package provides a Python wrapper for using extended
-filesystem attributes.  Extended attributes extend the basic attributes of files
+file system attributes.  Extended attributes extend the basic attributes of files
 and directories in the file system.  They are stored as name:data pairs
 associated with file system objects (files, directories, symlinks, etc).")
     (license license:expat)))
@@ -21832,10 +21832,10 @@ RFC 3464.")
     (home-page "https://flufli18n.readthedocs.io")
     (synopsis "API for Python internationalization")
     (description
-     "This package provides a high level, convenient API for managing
-internationalization translation contexts in Python application.  There is a
+     "This package provides a high-level, convenient API for managing
+internationalization/translation contexts in Python applications.  There is a
 simple API for single-context applications, such as command line scripts which
-only need to translate into one language during the entire course of thei
+only need to translate into one language during the entire course of their
 execution.  There is a more flexible, but still convenient API for multi-context
 applications, such as servers, which may need to switch language contexts for
 different tasks.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
index c562ade153..3266db3fe8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ outcomes of a code example.")
     (synopsis "Ripper-style abstract syntax tree to Ruby source generator")
     (description "Sorcerer generates Ruby code from a Ripper-like abstract
 syntax tree (i.e. S-Expressions).  Sorcerer is targeted mainly at small
-snippets of Ruby code, expressable in a single line.  Longer examples may be
-re-sourced, but they will be rendered in a single line format.")
+snippets of Ruby code, expressible in a single line.  Longer examples may be
+re-sourced, but they will be rendered in a single-line format.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/rspec-given/sorcerer")
     (license license:expat)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/rust-apps.scm b/gnu/packages/rust-apps.scm
index 0700167521..dba1b26e50 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rust-apps.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rust-apps.scm
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Example use cases:
 
 Features:
 @itemize @bullet
-@item Coalesces multiple filesystem events into one, for editors that
+@item Coalesces multiple file system events into one, for editors that
 use swap/backup files during saving
 @item By default, uses @code{.gitignore} and @code{.ignore} to determine which
 files to ignore notifications for
diff --git a/gnu/packages/rust.scm b/gnu/packages/rust.scm
index d5914f012b..e44e78de75 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rust.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rust.scm
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ test = { path = \"../libtest\" }
             (variable "LIBRARY_PATH")
             (files '("lib" "lib64")))))
 
-    (synopsis "Compiler for the Rust progamming language")
+    (synopsis "Compiler for the Rust programming language")
     (description "Rust is a systems programming language that provides memory
 safety and thread safety guarantees.")
     (home-page "https://www.rust-lang.org")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/shells.scm b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
index 5225e12064..6783af24ee 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/shells.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/shells.scm
@@ -701,8 +701,9 @@ Its features include:
       (home-page "https://github.com/rain-1/s")
       (synopsis "Extremely minimal shell with the simplest syntax possible")
       (description
-       "S is a new shell that aims to be extremely simple.
-S does not implemnt the POSIX shell standard.
+       "S is a new shell that aims to be extremely simple.  It does not
+implement the POSIX shell standard.
+
 There are no globs or \"splatting\" where a variable $FOO turns into multiple
 command line arguments.  One token stays one token forever.
 This is a \"no surprises\" straightforward approach.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 79f8256a3f..4cac75d5fa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ manipulating key files.")
         (base32
          "0q7fblaczb7kwbsz0gdy9267z0sllzgmf0c7z5c9mf88wv74ycn6"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (description "sshpass is a tool for non-interactivly performing password
+    (description "sshpass is a tool for non-interactively performing password
 authentication with SSH's so-called @dfn{interactive keyboard password
 authentication}.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
index 57c84d7718..5d81619646 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ to all types of devices that provide serial consoles.")
 allowing different sounds to indicate different events.  While it can be run
 quite happily on the command line, its intended place of residence is within
 scripts, notifying the user when something interesting occurs.  Of course, it
-has no notion of what's interesing, but it's very good at that notifying part.")
+has no notion of what's interesting, but it's very good at that notifying part.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/spkr-beep/beep")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 7ce087866e..21c227d8eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ https schemed URLs with LWP.")
     (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/LWP-UserAgent-Cached")
     (synopsis "Simple caching for LWP::UserAgent")
     (description "LWP::UserAgent::Cached is an LWP::UserAgent subclass with
-cache support.  It returns responses from the local filesystem if available
+cache support.  It returns responses from the local file system, if available,
 instead of making an HTTP request.")
     (license license:perl-license)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wv.scm b/gnu/packages/wv.scm
index d5888674a7..a8c0d3cbaf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wv.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wv.scm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 Word 9, 8, 7, and 6) to HTML or LaTeX.  Word 2 documents can still be converted
 to plain text but will lack formatting.
 
-Othe programs can use wv as a library to convert Word documents to other
+Other programs can use wv as a library to convert Word documents to other
 formats.  AbiWord uses it as its Word importer, and KWord uses concepts and
 code from wv in theirs.")
     (home-page "http://wvware.sourceforge.net/")