diff --git a/app/split_shares.go b/app/split_shares.go
index 9b5631b2b3..4f1ce2716d 100644
--- a/app/split_shares.go
+++ b/app/split_shares.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (sqwr *shareSplitter) hasRoomForBoth(tx, msg []byte) bool {
 
 	txBytesTaken := types.DelimLen(uint64(len(tx))) + len(tx)
 
-	maxTxSharesTaken := ((txBytesTaken - availableBytes) / consts.TxShareSize) + 1 // plus one becuase we have to add at least one share
+	maxTxSharesTaken := ((txBytesTaken - availableBytes) / consts.TxShareSize) + 1 // plus one because we have to add at least one share
 
 	maxMsgSharesTaken := types.MsgSharesUsed(len(msg))
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (sqwr *shareSplitter) hasRoomForTx(tx []byte) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	maxSharesTaken := ((bytesTaken - availableBytes) / consts.TxShareSize) + 1 // plus one becuase we have to add at least one share
+	maxSharesTaken := ((bytesTaken - availableBytes) / consts.TxShareSize) + 1 // plus one because we have to add at least one share
 
 	return currentShareCount+maxSharesTaken <= sqwr.maxShareCount
 }
diff --git a/x/payment/types/builder.go b/x/payment/types/builder.go
index 8a2818d47c..1a0bcbf08b 100644
--- a/x/payment/types/builder.go
+++ b/x/payment/types/builder.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func NewKeyringSigner(ring keyring.Keyring, name string, chainID string) *Keyrin
 	}
 }
 
-// QueryAccountNumber queries the applicaiton to find the latest account number and
+// QueryAccountNumber queries the application to find the latest account number and
 // sequence, updating the respective internal fields. The internal account number must
 // be set by this method or by manually calling k.SetAccountNumber in order for any built
 // transactions to be valide
diff --git a/x/payment/types/events.go b/x/payment/types/events.go
index bb5b573a57..2026285898 100644
--- a/x/payment/types/events.go
+++ b/x/payment/types/events.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const (
 	AttributeKeySize   = "size"
 )
 
-//NewPayForDataEvent construt a new payformessge sdk.Event
+//NewPayForDataEvent constructs a new payformessge sdk.Event
 func NewPayForDataEvent(signer string, size uint64) sdk.Event {
 	return sdk.NewEvent(
 		EventTypePayForData,
diff --git a/x/payment/types/payfordata.go b/x/payment/types/payfordata.go
index c32916c3c3..9d4edb0e83 100644
--- a/x/payment/types/payfordata.go
+++ b/x/payment/types/payfordata.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func CreateCommitment(k uint64, namespace, message []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // powerOf2MountainRange returns the heights of the subtrees for binary merkle
-// mountian range
+// mountain range
 func powerOf2MountainRange(l, k uint64) []uint64 {
 	var output []uint64