diff --git a/doc/source/docs/user_guide/geometric_manipulations.rst b/doc/source/docs/user_guide/geometric_manipulations.rst
index 525833b..d29eeb6 100644
--- a/doc/source/docs/user_guide/geometric_manipulations.rst
+++ b/doc/source/docs/user_guide/geometric_manipulations.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Affine transformations
 
 .. method:: GeoSeries.scale(self, xfact=1.0, yfact=1.0, zfact=1.0, origin='center')
 
- Scale the geometries of the :class:`~geopandas.GeoSeries` along each (x, y, z) dimensio.
+ Scale the geometries of the :class:`~geopandas.GeoSeries` along each (x, y, z) dimension.
 
 .. method:: GeoSeries.skew(self, angle, origin='center', use_radians=False)
 
diff --git a/geopandas/array.py b/geopandas/array.py
index f4924c8..0532c08 100644
--- a/geopandas/array.py
+++ b/geopandas/array.py
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ class GeometryArray(ExtensionArray):
         Returns
         -------
         values : ndarray
-            An array suitable for factoraization. This should maintain order
+            An array suitable for factorization. This should maintain order
             and be a supported dtype (Float64, Int64, UInt64, String, Object).
             By default, the extension array is cast to object dtype.
         na_value : object
diff --git a/geopandas/base.py b/geopandas/base.py
index 19acae9..2edf647 100644
--- a/geopandas/base.py
+++ b/geopandas/base.py
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ GeometryCollection
         other : GeoSeries or geometric object
             The GeoSeries (elementwise) or geometric object to compare to.
         decimal : int
-            Decimal place presion used when testing for approximate equality.
+            Decimal place precision used when testing for approximate equality.
         align : bool (default True)
             If True, automatically aligns GeoSeries based on their indices.
             If False, the order of elements is preserved.
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ GeometryCollection
         other : GeoSeries or geometric object
             The GeoSeries (elementwise) or geometric object to compare to.
         tolerance : float
-            Decimal place presion used when testing for approximate equality.
+            Decimal place precision used when testing for approximate equality.
         align : bool (default True)
             If True, automatically aligns GeoSeries based on their indices.
             If False, the order of elements is preserved.
diff --git a/geopandas/explore.py b/geopandas/explore.py
index 4d03220..12d4b41 100644
--- a/geopandas/explore.py
+++ b/geopandas/explore.py
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ GON (((180.00000 -16.06713, 180.00000...
         ]
         gdf = gdf.drop(columns=non_active_geoms)
 
-    # preprare tooltip and popup
+    # prepare tooltip and popup
     if isinstance(gdf, geopandas.GeoDataFrame):
         # add named index to the tooltip
         if gdf.index.name is not None:
diff --git a/geopandas/geodataframe.py b/geopandas/geodataframe.py
index 9416ee2..787a893 100644
--- a/geopandas/geodataframe.py
+++ b/geopandas/geodataframe.py
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ individually so that features may have different properties
 
         See also
         --------
-        GeoDataFrame.explode : explode muti-part geometries into single geometries
+        GeoDataFrame.explode : explode multi-part geometries into single geometries
 
         """
 
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ individually so that features may have different properties
     # overrides the pandas native explode method to break up features geometrically
     def explode(self, column=None, ignore_index=False, index_parts=None, **kwargs):
         """
-        Explode muti-part geometries into multiple single geometries.
+        Explode multi-part geometries into multiple single geometries.
 
         Each row containing a multi-part geometry will be split into
         multiple rows with single geometries, thereby increasing the vertical
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ countries_w_city_data[countries_w_city_data["name_left"] == "Italy"]
 
         Notes
         -----
-        Since this join relies on distances, results will be innaccurate
+        Since this join relies on distances, results will be inaccurate
         if your geometries are in a geographic CRS.
 
         Every operation in GeoPandas is planar, i.e. the potential third
diff --git a/geopandas/io/tests/test_sql.py b/geopandas/io/tests/test_sql.py
index 7622e6a..3376447 100644
--- a/geopandas/io/tests/test_sql.py
+++ b/geopandas/io/tests/test_sql.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def df_nybb():
 @pytest.fixture()
 def connection_postgis():
     """
-    Initiaties a connection to a postGIS database that must already exist.
+    Initiates a connection to a postGIS database that must already exist.
     See create_postgis for more information.
     """
     psycopg2 = pytest.importorskip("psycopg2")
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def connection_postgis():
 @pytest.fixture()
 def engine_postgis():
     """
-    Initiaties a connection engine to a postGIS database that must already exist.
+    Initiates a connection engine to a postGIS database that must already exist.
     """
     sqlalchemy = pytest.importorskip("sqlalchemy")
     from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL
diff --git a/geopandas/sindex.py b/geopandas/sindex.py
index 8c8308f..736059b 100644
--- a/geopandas/sindex.py
+++ b/geopandas/sindex.py
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ if compat.HAS_RTREE:
 
             # handle empty / invalid geometries
             if geometry is None:
-                # return an empty integer array, similar to pygeys.STRtree.query.
+                # return an empty integer array, similar to pygeos.STRtree.query.
                 return np.array([], dtype=np.intp)
 
             if not isinstance(geometry, BaseGeometry):
diff --git a/geopandas/tests/test_explore.py b/geopandas/tests/test_explore.py
index 205100d..25a34fb 100644
--- a/geopandas/tests/test_explore.py
+++ b/geopandas/tests/test_explore.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class TestExplore:
         assert "openstreetmap" in m.to_dict()["children"].keys()
 
     def test_map_settings_custom(self):
-        """Check custom map settins"""
+        """Check custom map settings"""
         m = self.nybb.explore(
             zoom_control=False,
             width=200,
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class TestExplore:
         assert "BoroName" in out_str
 
     def test_default_markers(self):
-        # check overriden default for points
+        # check overridden default for points
         m = self.cities.explore()
         strings = ['"radius":2', '"fill":true', "CircleMarker(latlng,opts)"]
         out_str = self._fetch_map_string(m)
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class TestExplore:
         assert out_str.count("#5ec962ff") == 100
         assert out_str.count("#fde725ff") == 100
 
-        # scale legend accorrdingly
+        # scale legend accordingly
         m = self.world.explore(
             "pop_est",
             legend=True,
diff --git a/geopandas/tests/test_extension_array.py b/geopandas/tests/test_extension_array.py
index 1c37bdc..6e1205b 100644
--- a/geopandas/tests/test_extension_array.py
+++ b/geopandas/tests/test_extension_array.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class TestDtype(extension_tests.BaseDtypeTests):
 class TestInterface(extension_tests.BaseInterfaceTests):
     def test_array_interface(self, data):
         # we are overriding this base test because the creation of `expected`
-        # potentionally doesn't work for shapely geometries
+        # potentially doesn't work for shapely geometries
         # TODO can be removed with Shapely 2.0
         result = np.array(data)
         assert result[0] == data[0]
diff --git a/geopandas/tests/test_geoseries.py b/geopandas/tests/test_geoseries.py
index b870a65..c9d2740 100644
--- a/geopandas/tests/test_geoseries.py
+++ b/geopandas/tests/test_geoseries.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def test_missing_values():
 
 
 def test_isna_empty_geoseries():
-    # ensure that isna() result for emtpy GeoSeries has the correct bool dtype
+    # ensure that isna() result for empty GeoSeries has the correct bool dtype
     s = GeoSeries([])
     result = s.isna()
     assert_series_equal(result, pd.Series([], dtype="bool"))
diff --git a/geopandas/tests/test_pandas_methods.py b/geopandas/tests/test_pandas_methods.py
index 4d18bad..9b553d4 100644
--- a/geopandas/tests/test_pandas_methods.py
+++ b/geopandas/tests/test_pandas_methods.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_repr_empty():
 
 def test_indexing(s, df):
 
-    # accessing scalar from the geometry (colunm)
+    # accessing scalar from the geometry (column)
     exp = Point(1, 1)
     assert s[1] == exp
     assert s.loc[1] == exp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def test_astype(s, df):
     res = df.astype({"value1": float})
     assert isinstance(res, GeoDataFrame)
 
-    # check whether returned object is a datafrane
+    # check whether returned object is a dataframe
     res = df.astype(str)
     assert isinstance(res, pd.DataFrame) and not isinstance(res, GeoDataFrame)
 
diff --git a/geopandas/tools/sjoin.py b/geopandas/tools/sjoin.py
index b2ceac1..056fe1a 100644
--- a/geopandas/tools/sjoin.py
+++ b/geopandas/tools/sjoin.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ stria    AUT    416600.0
                 "A non-default value for `predicate` was passed"
                 f' (got `predicate="{predicate}"`'
                 f' in combination with `op="{op}"`).'
-                " The value of `predicate` will be overriden by the value of `op`,"
+                " The value of `predicate` will be overridden by the value of `op`,"
                 " , which may result in unexpected behavior."
                 f"\n{deprecation_message}"
             )
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ countries_w_city_data[countries_w_city_data["name_left"] == "Italy"]
 
     Notes
     -----
-    Since this join relies on distances, results will be innaccurate
+    Since this join relies on distances, results will be inaccurate
     if your geometries are in a geographic CRS.
 
     Every operation in GeoPandas is planar, i.e. the potential third
diff --git a/geopandas/tools/tests/test_sjoin.py b/geopandas/tools/tests/test_sjoin.py
index 828da8c..e7c6eae 100644
--- a/geopandas/tools/tests/test_sjoin.py
+++ b/geopandas/tools/tests/test_sjoin.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class TestSpatialJoin:
         if op != predicate:
             warntype = UserWarning
             match = (
-                "`predicate` will be overriden by the value of `op`"
+                "`predicate` will be overridden by the value of `op`"
                 + r"(.|\s)*"
                 + match
             )
diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
index 7ed2a21..cb0aa14 100644
--- a/versioneer.py
+++ b/versioneer.py
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ def render_pep440_old(pieces):
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty.
 
-    Eexceptions:
+    Exceptions:
     1: no tags. 0.postDISTANCE[.dev0]
     """
     if pieces["closest-tag"]:
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ def render_pep440_old(pieces):
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty.
 
-    Eexceptions:
+    Exceptions:
     1: no tags. 0.postDISTANCE[.dev0]
     """
     if pieces["closest-tag"]: