diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 216f2b63e..2c1589cd4 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ctest
 
 To run the same tests on a release build, replace `debug` with `release`.
 
-To run specific hash test, you can use `ctest` `-R` parameter. For exmaple to run only `blake2b` hash tests:
+To run specific hash test, you can use `ctest` `-R` parameter. For example to run only `blake2b` hash tests:
 
 ```
 ctest -R hash-blake2b
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/hardfork.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/hardfork.cpp
index c95f3eaae..56958a0d8 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/hardfork.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/hardfork.cpp
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ TEST(voting, threshold)
       db.add_block(mkblock(hf, h, v), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, crypto::hash());
       bool ret = hf.add(db.get_block_from_height(h), h);
       if (h >= 8 && threshold == 87) {
-        // for threshold 87, we reach the treshold at height 7, so from height 8, hard fork to version 2, but 8 tries to add 1
+        // for threshold 87, we reach the threshold at height 7, so from height 8, hard fork to version 2, but 8 tries to add 1
         ASSERT_FALSE(ret);
       }
       else {
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp
index fc5c7afda..b13919831 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ TEST(logging, glob_prefix)
 TEST(logging, last_precedence)
 {
   init();
-  mlog_set_categories("gobal:FATAL,glo*:DEBUG");
+  mlog_set_categories("global:FATAL,glo*:DEBUG");
   log();
   std::string str;
   ASSERT_TRUE(load_log_to_string(log_filename, str));
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp
index 04ad6e914..dd12d07f3 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ TEST(select_outputs, exact_unlock_block)
   const uint64_t exact_block_offsets_stop_exclusive = *(first_block_too_young - 1);
 
   // if too low we may fail by not picking exact block
-  // if too high test is not as senstive as it could be
+  // if too high test is not as sensitive as it could be
   constexpr size_t NUM_PICK_TESTS = 1 << 20;
 
   bool picked_exact_unlock_block = false;