100 files changed, 313 insertions, 314 deletions

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 3d33c06..a8ffd32 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 
 # A script to reconfigure autotools for HDF5, and to recreate other
-# generated files specifc to HDF5.
+# generated files specific to HDF5.
 #
 # IMPORTANT OS X NOTE
 #
diff --git a/c++/examples/testh5c++.sh.in b/c++/examples/testh5c++.sh.in
index 42cb0df..907a980 100644
--- a/c++/examples/testh5c++.sh.in
+++ b/c++/examples/testh5c++.sh.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ applib=libapp${H5TOOL}.a
 # short hands
 # Caution: if some *.h5 files must be cleaned here, list them by names.
 # Don't use the wildcard form of *.h5 as it will wipe out even *.h5 generated
-# by otehr test programs. This will cause a racing condition error when
+# by other test programs. This will cause a racing condition error when
 # parallel make (e.g., gmake -j 4) is used.
 temp_SRC="$hdf5main $appmain $prog1 $prog2"
 temp_OBJ=`echo $temp_SRC | sed -e "s/\.${suffix}/.o/g"`
diff --git a/c++/src/H5DataType.cpp b/c++/src/H5DataType.cpp
index a6b8c24..e460871 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5DataType.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5DataType.cpp
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ H5T_conv_t DataType::find(const DataType& dest, H5T_cdata_t **pcdata) const
 ///\param       nelmts     - IN: Size of array \a buf
 ///\param       buf        - IN/OUT: Array containing pre- and post-conversion
 ///                            values
-///\param       background - IN: Optional backgroud buffer
+///\param       background - IN: Optional background buffer
 ///\param       plist - IN: Property list - default to PropList::DEFAULT
 ///\return      Pointer to a suitable conversion function
 ///\exception   H5::DataTypeIException
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void DataType::convert(const DataType& dest, size_t nelmts, void *buf, void *bac
 ///\brief       Locks a datatype, making it read-only and non-destructible.
 ///
 ///\exception   H5::DataTypeIException
-///\par Descrition
+///\par Description
 ///             This is normally done by the library for predefined data
 ///             types so the application doesn't inadvertently change or
 ///             delete a predefined type.
diff --git a/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp b/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp
index 0c2a8c0..c704f85 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ void DSetCreatPropList::setFletcher32() const
 ///\param       size   - IN: Number of bytes reserved in the file for the data
 ///\exception   H5::PropListIException
 ///\par Description
-///             If a dataset is splitted across multiple files then the files
+///             If a dataset is split across multiple files then the files
 ///             should be defined in order. The total size of the dataset is
 ///             the sum of the \a size arguments for all the external files.  If
 ///             the total size is larger than the size of a dataset then the
diff --git a/c++/src/H5IdComponent.cpp b/c++/src/H5IdComponent.cpp
index fe2d27e..a041273 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5IdComponent.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5IdComponent.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ IdComponent::~IdComponent() {}
 
 //
 // Implementation of protected functions for HDF5 Reference Interface
-// and miscelaneous helpers.
+// and miscellaneous helpers.
 //
 
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Library.h b/c++/src/H5Library.h
index 9b4150e..b9be3d0 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Library.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Library.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace H5 {
 /*! \class H5Library
     \brief Class H5Library operates the HDF5 library globably.
 
-    It is not neccessary to construct an instance of H5Library to use the
+    It is not necessary to construct an instance of H5Library to use the
     methods.
 */
 class H5_DLLCPP H5Library {
diff --git a/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp b/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp
index ef9e16d..1918d27 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ H5std_string PropList::getProperty(const char* name) const
         throw PropListIException(inMemFunc("getProperty"), "H5Pget failed");
     }
 
-    // Return propety value as a string after deleting temp C-string
+    // Return property value as a string after deleting temp C-string
     H5std_string prop_strg(prop_strg_C);
     delete []prop_strg_C;
     return (prop_strg);
diff --git a/c++/src/H5PropList.h b/c++/src/H5PropList.h
index e0244c1..d704775 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5PropList.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5PropList.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class H5_DLLCPP PropList : public IdComponent {
         // Determines whether a property list is a certain class.
         bool isAClass(const PropList& prop_class) const;
 
-        /// Query the existance of a property in a property object.
+        /// Query the existence of a property in a property object.
         bool propExist(const char* name) const;
         bool propExist(const H5std_string& name) const;
 
diff --git a/c++/src/cpp_doc_config b/c++/src/cpp_doc_config
index 2a7a654..df0e808 100644
--- a/c++/src/cpp_doc_config
+++ b/c++/src/cpp_doc_config
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ USE_HTAGS              = NO
 VERBATIM_HEADERS       = YES
 
 # If the CLANG_ASSISTED_PARSING tag is set to YES, then doxygen will use the
-# clang parser (see: http://clang.llvm.org/) for more acurate parsing at the
+# clang parser (see: http://clang.llvm.org/) for more accurate parsing at the
 # cost of reduced performance. This can be particularly helpful with template
 # rich C++ code for which doxygen's built-in parser lacks the necessary type
 # information.
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ HTML_STYLESHEET        =
 # defined cascading style sheet that is included after the standard style sheets
 # created by doxygen. Using this option one can overrule certain style aspects.
 # This is preferred over using HTML_STYLESHEET since it does not replace the
-# standard style sheet and is therefor more robust against future updates.
+# standard style sheet and is therefore more robust against future updates.
 # Doxygen will copy the style sheet file to the output directory. For an example
 # see the documentation.
 # This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ PREDEFINED             = DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
 EXPAND_AS_DEFINED      = 
 
 # If the SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS tag is set to YES then doxygen's preprocessor will
-# remove all refrences to function-like macros that are alone on a line, have an
+# remove all references to function-like macros that are alone on a line, have an
 # all uppercase name, and do not end with a semicolon. Such function macros are
 # typically used for boiler-plate code, and will confuse the parser if not
 # removed.
diff --git a/c++/src/h5c++.in b/c++/src/h5c++.in
index 00502d9..f068f51 100644
--- a/c++/src/h5c++.in
+++ b/c++/src/h5c++.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ HL="@HL@"
 ##    $CLINKER $H5BLD_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $H5BLD_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS        ##
 ##    $LDFLAGS $LIBS $clibpath $link_objs $link_args $shared_link         ##
 ##                                                                        ##
-## These settings can be overriden by setting HDF5_CXXFLAGS,              ##
+## These settings can be overridden by setting HDF5_CXXFLAGS,              ##
 ## HDF5_CPPFLAGS, HDF5_LDFLAGS, or HDF5_LIBS in the environment.          ##
 ##                                                                        ##
 ############################################################################
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ usage() {
   echo "                                 [default: no except when built with only"
   echo "                                           shared libraries]"
   echo " You can also add or change paths and flags to the compile line using"
-  echo " the following environment varibles or by assigning them to their counterparts"
+  echo " the following environment variables or by assigning them to their counterparts"
   echo " in the 'Things You Can Modify to Override...'" section of $prog_name
   echo " "
   echo "  Variable              Current value to be replaced"
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "x$do_link" = "xyes"; then
   shared_link=""
-  # conditionnaly link with the hl library  
+  # conditionally link with the hl library  
   if test "X$HL" = "Xhl"; then
    libraries=" $libraries -lhdf5_hl_cpp -lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 "
   else
diff --git a/c++/test/tfile.cpp b/c++/test/tfile.cpp
index ba5b486..c82ab42 100644
--- a/c++/test/tfile.cpp
+++ b/c++/test/tfile.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const H5std_string    FILE4("tfile4.h5");
  *                     cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *                     or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hsize_t values
  *                     passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *                     arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *                     arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *                     with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static void test_file_create()
  *                     cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *                     or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hsize_t values
  *                     passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *                     arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *                     arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *                     with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
diff --git a/c++/test/th5s.cpp b/c++/test/th5s.cpp
index 9c92b64..d4853da 100644
--- a/c++/test/th5s.cpp
+++ b/c++/test/th5s.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int space5_data = 7;
  *              cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *              or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hssize_t values
  *              passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *              arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *              arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *              with a special routine.
  *     April 12, 2011: Raymond Lu
  *              Starting from the 1.8.7 release, we allow dimension
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static void test_h5s_basic()
  *              cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *              or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hssize_t values
  *              passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *              arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *              arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *              with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static void test_h5s_scalar_write()
  *              cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *              or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hssize_t values
  *              passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *              arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *              arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *              with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void test_h5s_scalar_read()
  *              cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *              or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hssize_t values
  *              passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *              arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *              arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *              with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static void test_h5s_null()
  *              cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *              or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hssize_t values
  *              passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *              arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *              arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *              with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static void test_h5s_compound_scalar_write()
  *              cases.  Since there are no operator<< for 'long long'
  *              or int64 in VS C++ ostream, I casted the hssize_t values
  *              passed to verify_val to 'long' as well.  If problems
- *              arises later, this will have to be specificly handled
+ *              arises later, this will have to be specifically handled
  *              with a special routine.
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d11fbd..87cdebd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([double])
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([long double])
 
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Check for non-standard extenstion __FLOAT128
+## Check for non-standard extension __FLOAT128
 ##
 HAVE_FLOAT128=0
 HAVE_QUADMATH=0
diff --git a/src/H5.c b/src/H5.c
index 552330d..1b13fea 100644
--- a/src/H5.c
+++ b/src/H5.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ H5dont_atexit(void)
  *		library, which are supposed to free any unused memory they have
  *		allocated.
  *
- *      These should probably be registered dynamicly in a linked list of
+ *      These should probably be registered dynamically in a linked list of
  *          functions to call, but there aren't that many right now, so we
  *          hard-wire them...
  *
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ H5check_version(unsigned majnum, unsigned minnum, unsigned relnum)
 	    HDfprintf (stderr, "%s", H5libhdf5_settings);
 	    break;
 	default:
-	    /* 2 or higer: continue silently */
+	    /* 2 or higher: continue silently */
 	    break;
         } /* end switch */
 
diff --git a/src/H5AC.c b/src/H5AC.c
index 5eccf9e..989ee10 100644
--- a/src/H5AC.c
+++ b/src/H5AC.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ H5AC_create(const H5F_t *f, H5AC_cache_config_t *config_ptr, H5AC_cache_image_co
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "can't get mpi size")
 
         if(NULL == (aux_ptr = H5FL_CALLOC(H5AC_aux_t)))
-            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_CACHE, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "Can't allocate H5AC auxilary structure")
+            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_CACHE, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "Can't allocate H5AC auxiliary structure")
 
         aux_ptr->magic = H5AC__H5AC_AUX_T_MAGIC;
         aux_ptr->mpi_comm = mpi_comm;
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ H5AC_create(const H5F_t *f, H5AC_cache_config_t *config_ptr, H5AC_cache_image_co
 
 done:
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
-    /* if there is a failure, try to tidy up the auxilary structure */
+    /* if there is a failure, try to tidy up the auxiliary structure */
     if(ret_value < 0) {
         if(aux_ptr != NULL) {
             if(aux_ptr->d_slist_ptr != NULL)
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ done:
  *		from the cache, clear it, and free it without writing it to
  *		disk.
  *
- *		This verion of the function is a complete re-write to
+ *		This version of the function is a complete re-write to
  *		use the new metadata cache.  While there isn't all that
  *		much difference between the old and new Purpose sections,
  *		the original version is given below.
diff --git a/src/H5ACmpio.c b/src/H5ACmpio.c