diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 4defd6abd..01560de82 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -185,28 +185,28 @@ bool isSameExpression(bool cpp, bool macro, const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2
         if (!t1 || !t2 || t1->str() != ")" || t2->str() != ")")
             return false;
     }
-    bool noncommuative_equals =
+    bool noncommutativeEquals =
         isSameExpression(cpp, macro, tok1->astOperand1(), tok2->astOperand1(), constFunctions);
-    noncommuative_equals = noncommuative_equals &&
+    noncommutativeEquals = noncommutativeEquals &&
                            isSameExpression(cpp, macro, tok1->astOperand2(), tok2->astOperand2(), constFunctions);
 
-    if (noncommuative_equals)
+    if (noncommutativeEquals)
         return true;
 
     const bool commutative = tok1->astOperand1() && tok1->astOperand2() && Token::Match(tok1, "%or%|%oror%|+|*|&|&&|^|==|!=");
-    bool commuative_equals = commutative &&
+    bool commutativeEquals = commutative &&
                              isSameExpression(cpp, macro, tok1->astOperand2(), tok2->astOperand1(), constFunctions);
-    commuative_equals = commuative_equals &&
+    commutativeEquals = commutativeEquals &&
                         isSameExpression(cpp, macro, tok1->astOperand1(), tok2->astOperand2(), constFunctions);
 
     // in c++, "a"+b might be different to b+"a"
-    if (cpp && commuative_equals && tok1->str() == "+" &&
+    if (cpp && commutativeEquals && tok1->str() == "+" &&
         (tok1->astOperand1()->tokType() == Token::eString || tok1->astOperand2()->tokType() == Token::eString)) {
         const Token * const other = tok1->astOperand1()->tokType() != Token::eString ? tok1->astOperand1() : tok1->astOperand2();
         return other && astIsIntegral(other,false);
     }
 
-    return commuative_equals;
+    return commutativeEquals;
 }
 
 bool isOppositeCond(bool isNot, bool cpp, const Token * const cond1, const Token * const cond2, const std::set<std::string> &constFunctions)