diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
index 03ff85fc9..be5f72a19 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
@@ -1203,8 +1203,8 @@ sub processTemplate {
 	if (defined $template) {
 		return $template->process(\%vars);
 	} else {
-		WebGUI::ErrorHandler::error("Can't instanciate template $templateId for asset ".$self->getId);
-		return "Error: Can't instanciate template ".$templateId;
+		WebGUI::ErrorHandler::error("Can't instantiate template $templateId for asset ".$self->getId);
+		return "Error: Can't instantiate template ".$templateId;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ sub publish {
         WebGUI::SQL->write("update asset set state='published', stateChangedBy=".quote($session{user}{userId}).", stateChanged=".time()." where assetId in (".$idList.")");
 	my $cache = WebGUI::Cache->new;
         foreach my $id (@{$assetIds}) {
-        	# we do the purge directly cuz it's a lot faster than instanciating all these assets
+        	# we do the purge directly cuz it's a lot faster than instantiating all these assets
                 $cache->deleteChunk(["asset",$id]);
         }
 	$self->{_properties}{state} = "published";
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/AssetLineage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/AssetLineage.pm
index 730026d05..1a4e4379d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/AssetLineage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/AssetLineage.pm
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ sub cascadeLineage {
 	while (my ($assetId, $lineage) = $descendants->array) {
 		my $fixedLineage = $newLineage.substr($lineage,length($oldLineage));
 		$prepared->execute([$fixedLineage,$assetId]);
-                # we do the purge directly cuz it's a lot faster than instanciating all these assets
+                # we do the purge directly cuz it's a lot faster than instantiating all these assets
                 $cache->deleteChunk(["asset",$assetId]);
 	}
 	$descendants->finish;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Payment.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Payment.pm
index c45c0411e..8258a1461 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Payment.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Payment.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ method if your plugin can handle recurring payments.
 A hashref containing:
 
 	id		=> the gateway ID of the transaction,
-	transaction	=> the instanciated WebGUI::Commerce::Transaction object
+	transaction	=> the instantiated WebGUI::Commerce::Transaction object
 
 =cut	
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ sub get {
 
 =head2 getEnabledPlugins
 
-Returns a reference to an array of all enabled instanciated payment plugins.
+Returns a reference to an array of all enabled instantiated payment plugins.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Shipping.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Shipping.pm
index 4a3ff234b..a65008891 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Shipping.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/Shipping.pm
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ sub getShippingItems {
 
 =head2 getEnabledPlugins
 
-Returns a reference to an array of all enabled instanciated payment plugins.
+Returns a reference to an array of all enabled instantiated payment plugins.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/ShoppingCart.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/ShoppingCart.pm
index 4e5932242..8c5b53e7d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/ShoppingCart.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Commerce/ShoppingCart.pm
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ The total price of this item. Ie. totalPrice = quantity * price.
 
 =head3 item
 
-The instanciated plugin of this item. See WebGUI::Commerce::Item for a detailed API.
+The instantiated plugin of this item. See WebGUI::Commerce::Item for a detailed API.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/FormProcessor.pm b/lib/WebGUI/FormProcessor.pm
index c55b52615..d7993eaa4 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/FormProcessor.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/FormProcessor.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Package WebGUI::FormProcessor;
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This is a convenience package to the individual form controls. It allows you to get the form post results back without having to load each form control seperately, instanciate an object, and call methods.
+This is a convenience package to the individual form controls. It allows you to get the form post results back without having to load each form control seperately, instantiate an object, and call methods.
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Group.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Group.pm
index 6731f8fe7..882b81a4e 100755
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Group.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Group.pm
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ An alternative to the constructor "new", use find as a constructor by name rathe
 
 =head3 name
 
-The name of the group you wish to instanciate.
+The name of the group you wish to instantiate.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Auth.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Auth.pm
index 6a0de06a1..0a29aba73 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Auth.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Auth.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sub getInstance {
 	eval($load);
 	WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatal("Authentication module failed to compile: $cmd.".$@) if($@);
     my $auth = eval{$cmd->new($authMethod,$userId)};
-    WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatal("Couldn't instanciate authentication module: $authMethod. Root cause: ".$@) if($@);
+    WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatal("Couldn't instantiate authentication module: $authMethod. Root cause: ".$@) if($@);
 	return $auth;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Style.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Style.pm
index fbff5c08a..8173df253 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Style.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Style.pm
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ sub process {
 	if (defined $style) {
 		$output = $style->process(\%var);
 	} else {
-		$output = "WebGUI was unable to instanciate your style template.".$var{'body.content'};
+		$output = "WebGUI was unable to instantiate your style template.".$var{'body.content'};
 	}
 	$output = WebGUI::Macro::process($output);
 	my $macroHeadTags = generateAdditionalHeadTags();