diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/changelog.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/changelog.rst
index 483f6eda53c3..3fe8de2ae3f4 100644
--- a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/changelog.rst
@@ -4786,7 +4786,7 @@ the `API changes <../../api/api_changes.html>`_.
     Added Nick's picker "among" patch - JDH
 
 2005-06-05
-    Fixed a TeX/LaTeX font discrepency in backend_ps. - DSD
+    Fixed a TeX/LaTeX font discrepancy in backend_ps. - DSD
 
 2005-06-05
     Added a ps.distill option in rc settings. If True, postscript output will
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
index 1381c899addd..9bb78cf0cdbc 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@ def set_cursor(self, cursor):
         Parameters
         ----------
         cursor : `.Cursors`
-            The cursor to dispay over the canvas. Note: some backends may
+            The cursor to display over the canvas. Note: some backends may
             change the cursor for the entire window.
         """
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cm.py b/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
index 1d1de723ebe0..a1f15ee3b5a1 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def register(self, cmap, *, name=None, force=False):
 cmap_d = _DeprecatedCmapDictWrapper(_cmap_registry)
 __builtin_cmaps = tuple(_cmap_registry)
 
-# public acces to the colormaps should be via `matplotlib.colormaps`. For now,
+# public access to the colormaps should be via `matplotlib.colormaps`. For now,
 # we still create the registry here, but that should stay an implementation
 # detail.
 _colormaps = ColormapRegistry(_cmap_registry)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
index c03030abf7f3..b255bba67240 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def __init__(
         -----
         Users can specify any arbitrary location for the legend using the
         *bbox_to_anchor* keyword argument. *bbox_to_anchor* can be a
-        `.BboxBase` (or derived therefrom) or a tuple of 2 or 4 floats.
+        `.BboxBase` (or derived there from) or a tuple of 2 or 4 floats.
         See `set_bbox_to_anchor` for more detail.
 
         The legend location can be specified by setting *loc* with a tuple of