diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 1ca332852..a6f0de833 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ void CheckClass::initializationListUsage()
 
 void CheckClass::suggestInitializationList(const Token* tok, const std::string& varname)
 {
-    reportError(tok, Severity::performance, "useInitializationList", "Variable '" + varname + "' is assigned in constructor body. Consider to perform initalization in initialization list.\n"
-                "When an object of a class is created, the constructors of all member variables are called consecutivly "
+    reportError(tok, Severity::performance, "useInitializationList", "Variable '" + varname + "' is assigned in constructor body. Consider performing initialization in initialization list.\n"
+                "When an object of a class is created, the constructors of all member variables are called consecutively "
                 "in the order the variables are declared, even if you don't explicitly write them to the initialization list. You "
                 "could avoid assigning '" + varname + "' a value by passing the value to the constructor in the initialization list.");
 }
diff --git a/lib/checkclass.h b/lib/checkclass.h
index 796fba57d..306a76f9a 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.h
+++ b/lib/checkclass.h
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ private:
                "* 'operator=' should return reference to self\n"
                "* 'operator=' should check for assignment to self\n"
                "* Constness for member functions\n"
-               "* Order of initalizations\n"
-               "* Suggest usage of initalization list\n"
+               "* Order of initializations\n"
+               "* Suggest usage of initialization list\n"
                "* Suspicious subtraction from 'this'\n";
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 1b880a395..1ff5376f1 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -5127,27 +5127,27 @@ private:
                                      "    std::string s;\n"
                                      "    Fred() { a = 0; s = \"foo\"; }\n"
                                      "};");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (performance) Variable 's' is assigned in constructor body. Consider to perform initalization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (performance) Variable 's' is assigned in constructor body. Consider performing initialization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
 
         checkInitializationListUsage("class Fred {\n"
                                      "    std::vector<int> v;\n"
                                      "    Fred() { v = unknown; }\n"
                                      "};");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (performance) Variable 'v' is assigned in constructor body. Consider to perform initalization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (performance) Variable 'v' is assigned in constructor body. Consider performing initialization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
 
         checkInitializationListUsage("class C { std::string s; };\n"
                                      "class Fred {\n"
                                      "    C c;\n"
                                      "    Fred() { c = unknown; }\n"
                                      "};");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (performance) Variable 'c' is assigned in constructor body. Consider to perform initalization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (performance) Variable 'c' is assigned in constructor body. Consider performing initialization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
 
         checkInitializationListUsage("class C;\n"
                                      "class Fred {\n"
                                      "    C c;\n"
                                      "    Fred() { c = unknown; }\n"
                                      "};");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (performance) Variable 'c' is assigned in constructor body. Consider to perform initalization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (performance) Variable 'c' is assigned in constructor body. Consider performing initialization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
 
         checkInitializationListUsage("class C;\n"
                                      "class Fred {\n"
@@ -5173,7 +5173,7 @@ private:
         checkInitializationListUsage("class C;\n"
                                      "class Fred {\n"
                                      "    C a; int b;\n"
-                                     "    Fred() : b(5) { a = b; }\n" // Don't issue a message here: You actually could move it to the initalization list, but it would cause problems if you change the order of the variable declarations.
+                                     "    Fred() : b(5) { a = b; }\n" // Don't issue a message here: You actually could move it to the initialization list, but it would cause problems if you change the order of the variable declarations.
                                      "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
@@ -5201,7 +5201,7 @@ private:
                                      "    std::string a;\n"
                                      "    Fred() { a = foo(); }\n"
                                      "};");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (performance) Variable 'a' is assigned in constructor body. Consider to perform initalization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (performance) Variable 'a' is assigned in constructor body. Consider performing initialization in initialization list.\n", errout.str());
     }
 };