Addressed comments by @compiler-errors and @bjorn3

Author: nyurik

compiler/rustc_apfloat/src/ieee.rs

@@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ mod sig {
 
         // Convert the result having "2 * precision" significant-bits back to the one
         // having "precision" significant-bits. First, move the radix point from
-        // position "2*precision - 1" to "precision - 1". The exponent need to be
+        // poision "2*precision - 1" to "precision - 1". The exponent need to be
         // adjusted by "2*precision - 1" - "precision - 1" = "precision".
         *exp -= precision as ExpInt + 1;
 

compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/pretty_clif.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 //!     ss2 = explicit_slot 8 ; _4: (&&[u16],) size=8 align=8,8
 //!     sig0 = (i64, i64, i64) system_v
 //!     sig1 = (i64, i64, i64) system_v
-//!     fn0 = collocated u0:6 sig1 ; Instance { def: Item(DefId(0/0:31 ~ example[8787]::{{impl}}[1]::call_mut[0])), substs: [ReErased, ReErased] }
+//!     fn0 = colocated u0:6 sig1 ; Instance { def: Item(DefId(0/0:31 ~ example[8787]::{{impl}}[1]::call_mut[0])), substs: [ReErased, ReErased] }
 //!
 //! block0(v0: i64, v1: i64, v2: i64):
 //!     v3 = stack_addr.i64 ss0

compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/components.rs

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fn compute_components<'tcx>(
             // regionck more ways to prove that it holds. However,
             // regionck is not (at least currently) prepared to deal with
             // higher-ranked regions that may appear in the
-            // trait-ref. Therefore, if we see any higher-rank regions,
+            // trait-ref. Therefore, if we see any higher-ranked regions,
             // we simply fallback to the most restrictive rule, which
             // requires that `Pi: 'a` for all `i`.
             ty::Projection(ref data) => {

compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/region_constraints/leak_check.rs

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ impl<'me, 'tcx> LeakCheck<'me, 'tcx> {
             // Update minimum universe of scc1.
             self.scc_universes[scc1] = scc1_universe;
 
-            // At this point, `scc_placeholder[scc1]` stores the placeholder that
+            // At this point, `scc_placeholders[scc1]` stores the placeholder that
             // `scc1` must be equal to, if any.
             if let Some(scc1_placeholder) = self.scc_placeholders[scc1] {
                 debug!(

compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/error.rs

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ pub enum UndefinedBehaviorInfo<'tcx> {
     },
     /// Something was divided by 0 (x / 0).
     DivisionByZero,
-    /// Something was "remaineded" by 0 (x % 0).
+    /// Something was "remainded" by 0 (x % 0).
     RemainderByZero,
     /// Signed division overflowed (INT_MIN / -1).
     DivisionOverflow,

compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/mod.rs

@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
             // we lower the guard.
             let target_block = self.cfg.start_new_block();
             let mut schedule_drops = true;
-            // We keep a stack of all of the bindings and type descriptions
+            // We keep a stack of all of the bindings and type ascriptions
             // from the parent candidates that we visit, that also need to
             // be bound for each candidate.
             traverse_candidate(

compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/test.rs

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
                     };
                     TerminatorKind::if_(self.tcx, Operand::Copy(place), true_bb, false_bb)
                 } else {
-                    // The switch may be inexhaustible so we have a catch all block
+                    // The switch may be inexhaustive so we have a catch all block
                     debug_assert_eq!(options.len() + 1, target_blocks.len());
                     let otherwise_block = *target_blocks.last().unwrap();
                     let switch_targets = SwitchTargets::new(

compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/pattern/deconstruct_pat.rs

@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ impl<'p, 'tcx> fmt::Debug for DeconstructedPat<'p, 'tcx> {
                     }
 
                     // Without `cx`, we can't know which field corresponds to which, so we can't
-                    // get the names of the fields. Instead we just display everything as a simple
+                    // get the names of the fields. Instead we just display everything as a tuple
                     // struct, which should be good enough.
                     write!(f, "(")?;
                     for p in self.iter_fields() {

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 lhs = self.parse_assoc_op_ascribe(lhs, lhs_span)?;
                 continue;
             } else if op == AssocOp::DotDot || op == AssocOp::DotDotEq {
-                // If we did not have to handle `x..`/`x..=`, it would be pretty easy to
+                // If we didn't have to handle `x..`/`x..=`, it would be pretty easy to
                 // generalise it to the Fixity::None code.
                 lhs = self.parse_range_expr(prec, lhs, op, cur_op_span)?;
                 break;

compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Annotator<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
 
         if !self.tcx.features().staged_api {
-            // Propagate instability.  This can happen even for non-staged-api crates in case
+            // Propagate unstability.  This can happen even for non-staged-api crates in case
             // -Zforce-unstable-if-unmarked is set.
             if let Some(stab) = self.parent_stab {
                 if inherit_deprecation.yes() && stab.level.is_unstable() {