diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 49e14ccc..0b199c7e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ venv*/
 .python-version
 build/
 dist/
+.vscode/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5761a3cd..4a7053d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ## 1.0.5 (March 27th, 2024)
 
 - Handle `EndOfStream` exception for anyio backend. (#899)
-- Allow trio `0.25.*` series in package dependancies. (#903)
+- Allow trio `0.25.*` series in package dependencies. (#903)
 
 ## 1.0.4 (February 21st, 2024)
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ The project versioning policy is now explicitly governed by SEMVER. See https://
 ## 0.14.1 (November 12th, 2021)
 
 - `max_connections` becomes optional. (Pull #429)
-- `certifi` is now included in the install dependancies. (Pull #428)
+- `certifi` is now included in the install dependencies. (Pull #428)
 - `h2` is now strictly optional. (Pull #428)
 
 ## 0.14.0 (November 11th, 2021)
diff --git a/httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py b/httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py
index 5ef74e64..1139f006 100644
--- a/httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py
+++ b/httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def _assign_requests_to_connections(self) -> list[AsyncConnectionInterface]:
         Called whenever a new request is added or removed from the pool.
 
         Any closing connections are returned, allowing the I/O for closing
-        those connections to be handled seperately.
+        those connections to be handled separately.
         """
         closing_connections = []
 
diff --git a/httpcore/_models.py b/httpcore/_models.py
index 8a65f133..df3a44c3 100644
--- a/httpcore/_models.py
+++ b/httpcore/_models.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def enforce_headers(
     value: HeadersAsMapping | HeadersAsSequence | None = None, *, name: str
 ) -> list[tuple[bytes, bytes]]:
     """
-    Convienence function that ensure all items in request or response headers
+    Convenience function that ensure all items in request or response headers
     are either bytes or strings in the plain ASCII range.
     """
     if value is None:
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ class URL:
     """
     Represents the URL against which an HTTP request may be made.
 
-    The URL may either be specified as a plain string, for convienence:
+    The URL may either be specified as a plain string, for convenience:
 
     ```python
     url = httpcore.URL("https://www.example.com/")
     ```
 
-    Or be constructed with explicitily pre-parsed components:
+    Or be constructed with explicitly pre-parsed components:
 
     ```python
     url = httpcore.URL(scheme=b'https', host=b'www.example.com', port=None, target=b'/')
diff --git a/httpcore/_sync/connection_pool.py b/httpcore/_sync/connection_pool.py
index 4b26f9c6..1b0fd697 100644
--- a/httpcore/_sync/connection_pool.py
+++ b/httpcore/_sync/connection_pool.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def _assign_requests_to_connections(self) -> list[ConnectionInterface]:
         Called whenever a new request is added or removed from the pool.
 
         Any closing connections are returned, allowing the I/O for closing
-        those connections to be handled seperately.
+        those connections to be handled separately.
         """
         closing_connections = []
 
diff --git a/httpcore/_utils.py b/httpcore/_utils.py
index c44ff93c..ac64422b 100644
--- a/httpcore/_utils.py
+++ b/httpcore/_utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 def is_socket_readable(sock: socket.socket | None) -> bool:
     """
-    Return whether a socket, as identifed by its file descriptor, is readable.
+    Return whether a socket, as identified by its file descriptor, is readable.
     "A socket is readable" means that the read buffer isn't empty, i.e. that calling
     .recv() on it would immediately return some data.
     """