diff --git a/core/server/services/email-analytics/jobs/index.js b/core/server/services/email-analytics/jobs/index.js
index 437c28e015..1b1cecbc61 100644
--- a/core/server/services/email-analytics/jobs/index.js
+++ b/core/server/services/email-analytics/jobs/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
             !process.env.NODE_ENV.match(/^testing/)
         ) {
             // Don't register email analytics job if we have no emails,
-            // processer usage from many sites spinning up threads can be high.
+            // processor usage from many sites spinning up threads can be high.
             // Mega service will re-run this scheduling task when an email is sent
             const emailCount = await models.Email
                 .where('created_at', '>', moment.utc().subtract(30, 'days').toDate())
diff --git a/core/shared/labs.js b/core/shared/labs.js
index 0f23c1d348..917e627a54 100644
--- a/core/shared/labs.js
+++ b/core/shared/labs.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports.isSet = function isSet(flag) {
 /**
  *
  * @param {object} options
- * @param {string} options.flagKey the interal lookup key of the flag e.g. labs.isSet(matchHelper)
+ * @param {string} options.flagKey the internal lookup key of the flag e.g. labs.isSet(matchHelper)
  * @param {string} options.flagName the user-facing name of the flag e.g. Match helper
  * @param {string} options.helperName Name of the helper to be enabled/disabled
  * @param {string} [options.errorMessage] Optional replacement error message
diff --git a/core/shared/settings-cache/cache.js b/core/shared/settings-cache/cache.js
index 49a4e7e7d4..7957313720 100644
--- a/core/shared/settings-cache/cache.js
+++ b/core/shared/settings-cache/cache.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const debug = require('@tryghost/debug')('settings:cache');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const publicSettings = require('./public');
 
-// Local function, only ever used for initialising
+// Local function, only ever used for initializing
 // We deliberately call "set" on each model so that set is a consistent interface
 const updateSettingFromModel = function updateSettingFromModel(settingModel) {
     debug('Auto updating', settingModel.get('key'));
diff --git a/test/utils/fixture-utils.js b/test/utils/fixture-utils.js
index 40d285811a..454357e068 100644
--- a/test/utils/fixture-utils.js
+++ b/test/utils/fixture-utils.js
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ const toDoList = {
  * Takes the arguments from a setup function and turns them into an array of promises to fullfil
  *
  * This is effectively a list of instructions with regard to which fixtures should be setup for this test.
- *  * `default` - a special option which will cause the full suite of normal fixtures to be initialised
- *  * `perms:init` - initialise the permissions object after having added permissions
- *  * `perms:obj` - initialise permissions for a particular object type
+ *  * `default` - a special option which will cause the full suite of normal fixtures to be initialized
+ *  * `perms:init` - initialize the permissions object after having added permissions
+ *  * `perms:obj` - initialize permissions for a particular object type
  *  * `users:roles` - create a full suite of users, one per role
  * @param {Object} toDos
  */
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ const getFixtureOps = (toDos) => {
 
     const fixtureOps = [];
 
-    // Database initialisation
+    // Database initialization
     if (toDos.init || toDos.default) {
         fixtureOps.push(function initDB() {
             // skip adding all fixtures!