diff --git a/collectors/README.md b/collectors/README.md
index 8002ed2..24119ad 100644
--- a/collectors/README.md
+++ b/collectors/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ A collector reads data from any source, parses it to metrics and submits these m
 * `Name() string`: Return the name of the collector
 * `Init(config json.RawMessage) error`: Initializes the collector using the given collector-specific config in JSON. Check if needed files/commands exists, ...
 * `Initialized() bool`: Check if a collector is successfully initialized
-* `Read(duration time.Duration, output chan ccMetric.CCMetric)`: Read, parse and submit data to the `output` channel as [`CCMetric`](../internal/ccMetric/README.md). If the collector has to measure anything for some duration, use the provided function argument `duration`. 
+* `Read(duration time.Duration, output chan ccMetric.CCMetric)`: Read, parse and submit data to the `output` channel as [`CCMetric`](../internal/ccMetric/README.md). If the collector has to measure anything for some duration, use the provided function argument `duration`.
 * `Close()`: Closes down the collector.
 
 It is recommanded to call `setup()` in the `Init()` function.
diff --git a/collectors/sampleMetric.go b/collectors/sampleMetric.go
index 056ed85..4c3ac66 100644
--- a/collectors/sampleMetric.go
+++ b/collectors/sampleMetric.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ type SampleCollectorConfig struct {
 // defined by metricCollector (name, init, ...)
 type SampleCollector struct {
 	metricCollector
-	config SampleTimerCollectorConfig // the configuration structure
-	meta   map[string]string          // default meta information
-	tags   map[string]string          // default tags
+	config SampleCollectorConfig // the configuration structure
+	meta   map[string]string     // default meta information
+	tags   map[string]string     // default tags
 }
 
 // Functions to implement MetricCollector interface
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ func (m *SampleCollector) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
 	// This is for later use, also call it early
 	m.setup()
 	// Tell whether the collector should be run in parallel with others (reading files, ...)
-	// or it should be run serially, mostly for collectors acutally doing measurements
+	// or it should be run serially, mostly for collectors actually doing measurements
 	// because they should not measure the execution of the other collectors
 	m.parallel = true
 	// Define meta information sent with each metric
 	// (Can also be dynamic or this is the basic set with extension through AddMeta())
 	m.meta = map[string]string{"source": m.name, "group": "SAMPLE"}
 	// Define tags sent with each metric
-	// The 'type' tag is always needed, it defines the granulatity of the metric
+	// The 'type' tag is always needed, it defines the granularity of the metric
 	// node -> whole system
 	// socket -> CPU socket (requires socket ID as 'type-id' tag)
 	// die -> CPU die (requires CPU die ID as 'type-id' tag)
diff --git a/collectors/sampleTimerMetric.go b/collectors/sampleTimerMetric.go
index 8b09bc1..dfac808 100644
--- a/collectors/sampleTimerMetric.go
+++ b/collectors/sampleTimerMetric.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (m *SampleTimerCollector) Init(name string, config json.RawMessage) error {
 	// (Can also be dynamic or this is the basic set with extension through AddMeta())
 	m.meta = map[string]string{"source": m.name, "group": "SAMPLE"}
 	// Define tags sent with each metric
-	// The 'type' tag is always needed, it defines the granulatity of the metric
+	// The 'type' tag is always needed, it defines the granularity of the metric
 	// node -> whole system
 	// socket -> CPU socket (requires socket ID as 'type-id' tag)
 	// cpu -> single CPU hardware thread (requires cpu ID as 'type-id' tag)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (m *SampleTimerCollector) Init(name string, config json.RawMessage) error {
 
 	// Storage for output channel
 	m.output = nil
-	// Mangement channel for the timer function.
+	// Management channel for the timer function.
 	m.done = make(chan bool)
 	// Create the own ticker
 	m.ticker = time.NewTicker(m.interval)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (m *SampleTimerCollector) ReadMetrics(timestamp time.Time) {
 
 	value := 1.0
 
-	// If you want to measure something for a specific amout of time, use interval
+	// If you want to measure something for a specific amount of time, use interval
 	// start := readState()
 	// time.Sleep(interval)
 	// stop := readState()