3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/codepoints.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/codepoints.rb
index 68f82b4468..589d2ee1d0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/codepoints.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/codepoints.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe :string_codepoints, shared: true do
     s.should == s2
   end
 
-  it "is synonymous with #bytes for Strings which are single-byte optimisable" do
+  it "is synonymous with #bytes for Strings which are single-byte optimizable" do
     s = "(){}".encode('ascii')
     s.ascii_only?.should be_true
     s.send(@method).to_a.should == s.bytes.to_a
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/concat.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/concat.rb
index d7b9cdfec3..bc38ba9a8b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/concat.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/concat.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe :string_concat, shared: true do
   end
 
   describe "with Integer" do
-    it "concatencates the argument interpreted as a codepoint" do
+    it "concatenates the argument interpreted as a codepoint" do
       b = "".send(@method, 33)
       b.should == "!"
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb
index d797cb1483..fccafb5821 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe :string_equal_value, shared: true do
     # not call it.
     obj.stub!(:to_str)
 
-    # Don't use @method for :== in `obj.should_recerive(:==)`
+    # Don't use @method for :== in `obj.should_receive(:==)`
     obj.should_receive(:==).and_return(true)
 
     'hello'.send(@method, obj).should be_true