diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index f33ec63cf5..0545bb2a1e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -3551,8 +3551,8 @@ private void chooseExcessRedundancyContiguous(
     List<DatanodeStorageInfo> replicasToDelete = replicator
         .chooseReplicasToDelete(nonExcess, nonExcess, replication, excessTypes,
             addedNode, delNodeHint);
-    for (DatanodeStorageInfo choosenReplica : replicasToDelete) {
-      processChosenExcessRedundancy(nonExcess, choosenReplica, storedBlock);
+    for (DatanodeStorageInfo chosenReplica : replicasToDelete) {
+      processChosenExcessRedundancy(nonExcess, chosenReplica, storedBlock);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestDeadDatanode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestDeadDatanode.java
index b6c13188c2..1860565083 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestDeadDatanode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestDeadDatanode.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public void testDeadNodeAsBlockTarget() throws Exception {
         clientNode, new HashSet<>(), 256 * 1024 * 1024L, null, (byte) 7,
         BlockType.CONTIGUOUS, null, null);
     for (DatanodeStorageInfo datanodeStorageInfo : results) {
-      assertFalse("Dead node should not be choosen", datanodeStorageInfo
+      assertFalse("Dead node should not be chosen", datanodeStorageInfo
           .getDatanodeDescriptor().equals(clientNode));
     }
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DancingLinks.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DancingLinks.java
index 537b4d4e33..eef44617ce 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DancingLinks.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DancingLinks.java
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ public List<int[]> split(int depth) {
 
   /**
    * Make one move from a prefix
-   * @param goalRow the row that should be choosen
+   * @param goalRow the row that should be chosen
    * @return the row that was found
    */
   private Node<ColumnName> advance(int goalRow) {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DistributedPentomino.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DistributedPentomino.java
index 29f1eb2c45..d4fe6dcdb4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DistributedPentomino.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/DistributedPentomino.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
  * Launch a distributed pentomino solver.
  * It generates a complete list of prefixes of length N with each unique prefix
  * as a separate line. A prefix is a sequence of N integers that denote the 
- * index of the row that is choosen for each column in order. Note that the
- * next column is heuristically choosen by the solver, so it is dependant on
+ * index of the row that is chosen for each column in order. Note that the
+ * next column is heuristically chosen by the solver, so it is dependant on
  * the previous choice. That file is given as the input to
  * map/reduce. The output key/value are the move prefix/solution as Text/Text.
  */
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/Pentomino.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/Pentomino.java
index 2485728b07..a30d62c33c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/Pentomino.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/examples/dancing/Pentomino.java
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public List<int[]> getSplits(int depth) {
   /**
    * Find all of the solutions that start with the given prefix. The printer
    * is given each solution as it is found.
-   * @param split a list of row indexes that should be choosen for each row
+   * @param split a list of row indexes that should be chosen for each row
    *        in order
    * @return the number of solutions found
    */