diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 78ff3aa75..2284163be 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     (#1416). Additionally, thanks to changes to the DBI package, you no 
     longer need to name each argument.
   
-  * If you accidentally pass a named vector to any of the database identifer
+  * If you accidentally pass a named vector to any of the database identifier
     functions, those names will be automatically stripped (#1404).
     
   * `tbl_sql(check_from)` is now deprecated.
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   * The `na_matches` argument of `semi_join()` and `anti_join()` works again
     (@mgirlich, #1211).
     
-  * A `semi/anti_join()` on fitlered `y` is inlined when possible (@mgirlich, #884).
+  * A `semi/anti_join()` on filtered `y` is inlined when possible (@mgirlich, #884).
 
   * Joins now work again for Pool and Oracle connections (@mgirlich, #1177, #1181).
 
diff --git a/R/backend-snowflake.R b/R/backend-snowflake.R
index af132d6af..2c733b9c1 100644
--- a/R/backend-snowflake.R
+++ b/R/backend-snowflake.R
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ snowflake_grepl <- function(pattern,
   check_unsupported_arg(useBytes, FALSE, backend = "Snowflake")
 
   # https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/functions/regexp_instr.html
-  # REGEXP_INSTR optional parameters: position, occurrance, option, regex_parameters
+  # REGEXP_INSTR optional parameters: position, occurrence, option, regex_parameters
   regexp_parameters <- "c"
   if(ignore.case) { regexp_parameters <- "i" }
   # Snowflake needs backslashes escaped, so we must increase the level of escaping
diff --git a/R/ident.R b/R/ident.R
index 835a21799..a50ab2213 100644
--- a/R/ident.R
+++ b/R/ident.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #'
 #' @description
 #' `ident()` takes strings and turns them as database identifiers (e.g. table
-#' or column names) quoting them using the identifer rules for your database.
+#' or column names) quoting them using the identifier rules for your database.
 #' `ident_q()` does the same, but assumes the names have already been
 #' quoted, preventing them from being quoted again.
 #'
diff --git a/man/ident.Rd b/man/ident.Rd
index 4b728f30f..d6729c11e 100644
--- a/man/ident.Rd
+++ b/man/ident.Rd
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ is.ident(x)
 }
 \description{
 \code{ident()} takes strings and turns them as database identifiers (e.g. table
-or column names) quoting them using the identifer rules for your database.
+or column names) quoting them using the identifier rules for your database.
 \code{ident_q()} does the same, but assumes the names have already been
 quoted, preventing them from being quoted again.