diff --git a/pkg/personname/groupInfo_test.go b/pkg/personname/groupInfo_test.go
index 055f609..bf1ee3b 100644
--- a/pkg/personname/groupInfo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/personname/groupInfo_test.go
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func TestNewPersonNameFromDicom(t *testing.T) {
 
 			if tc.IsEmpty != parsed.IsEmpty() {
 				t.Errorf(
-					".IsEmpty() returned %v, extected %v",
+					".IsEmpty() returned %v, expected %v",
 					parsed.IsEmpty(),
 					tc.IsEmpty,
 				)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func TestGroupInfo_DCM_interiorNullsExceedTrailingLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if dcm != "CROUCH^^^^JR" {
-		t.Errorf("dcm returned uneexpected value: %v", dcm)
+		t.Errorf("dcm returned unexpected value: %v", dcm)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/uid/uid.go b/pkg/uid/uid.go
index f0eff51..c9a5487 100644
--- a/pkg/uid/uid.go
+++ b/pkg/uid/uid.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func CanonicalTransferSyntaxUID(uid string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // ParseTransferSyntaxUID parses a transfer syntax uid and returns its byteorder
-// and implicitVR/explicitVR type.  TrasnferSyntaxUID can be any UID that refers to
+// and implicitVR/explicitVR type.  TransferSyntaxUID can be any UID that refers to
 // a transfer syntax. It can be, e.g., 1.2.840.10008.1.2 (it will return
 // LittleEndian, ImplicitVR) or 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.54 (it will return
 // (LittleEndian, ExplicitVR).
diff --git a/write.go b/write.go
index 1c35171..8556060 100644
--- a/write.go
+++ b/write.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func verifyVROrDefault(t tag.Tag, vr string, opts writeOptSet) (string, error) {
 
 	// Verify the VR on the way out if the caller wants it.
 	if !opts.skipVRVerification && !slices.Contains(tagInfo.VRs, vr) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("ERROR dicomio.veryifyElement: VR mismatch for tag %v. Element.VR=%v, but DICOM standard defines VR to be %v",
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("ERROR dicomio.verifyElement: VR mismatch for tag %v. Element.VR=%v, but DICOM standard defines VR to be %v",
 			tag.DebugString(t), vr, tagInfo.VRs)
 	}