diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/each.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/each.go
index 89994c8f07e..3d5bd3c1e70 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/each.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/each.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func Unique[T any](_ context.Context, _ operation.Operation, fldPath *field.Path
 		// the key(s). Unfortunately, the way errors are rendered, it comes out
 		// as something like "map[string]any{...}" which is not very nice. Once
 		// that is fixed, we can consider adding a way for this function to
-		// specify that just the keys should be renderted in the error.
+		// specify that just the keys should be rendered in the error.
 		errs = append(errs, field.Duplicate(fldPath.Index(i), val))
 	}
 	return errs
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/required.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/required.go
index d1829400d96..61a253a9d81 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/required.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/required.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func ForbiddenSlice[T any](_ context.Context, _ operation.Operation, fldPath *fi
 	return field.ErrorList{field.Forbidden(fldPath, "")}
 }
 
-// RequiredMap verifies that the specified map is empty.
+// ForbiddenMap verifies that the specified map is empty.
 func ForbiddenMap[K comparable, T any](_ context.Context, _ operation.Operation, fldPath *field.Path, value, _ map[K]T) field.ErrorList {
 	if len(value) == 0 {
 		return nil
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/union.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/union.go
index 06f7ef6f01c..af5e933e9d3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/union.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/union.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func Union[T any](_ context.Context, op operation.Operation, fldPath *field.Path
 //
 // For example:
 //
-//	var UnionMembershipForABC := validate.NewDiscriminatedUnionMembership("type", [2]string{"a", "A"}, [2]string{"b" "B"}, [2]string{"c", "C"})
-//	func ValidateABC(ctx context.Context, op operation.Operation, fldPath, *field.Path, in *ABC) (errs fields.ErrorList) {
+//	var UnionMembershipForABC = validate.NewDiscriminatedUnionMembership("type", [2]string{"a", "A"}, [2]string{"b", "B"}, [2]string{"c", "C"})
+//	func ValidateABC(ctx context.Context, op operation.Operation, fldPath *field.Path, in *ABC) (errs field.ErrorList) {
 //		errs = append(errs, DiscriminatedUnion(ctx, op, fldPath, in, oldIn, UnionMembershipForABC,
 //			func(in *ABC) string { return string(in.Type) },
 //			func(in *ABC) bool { return in.A != nil },
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/zeroorone.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/zeroorone.go
index b18b6584da4..81cef54ab47 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/zeroorone.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validate/zeroorone.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import (
 //
 // For example:
 //
-//	var ZeroOrOneOfMembershipFor := validate.NewUnionMembership([2]string{"a", "A"}, [2]string{"b", "B"}, [2]string{"c", "C"})
-//	func ValidateABC(ctx context.Context, op operation.Operation, fldPath *field.Path, in *ABC) (errs fields.ErrorList) {
+//	var ZeroOrOneOfMembershipForABC = validate.NewUnionMembership([2]string{"a", "A"}, [2]string{"b", "B"}, [2]string{"c", "C"})
+//	func ValidateABC(ctx context.Context, op operation.Operation, fldPath *field.Path, in *ABC) (errs field.ErrorList) {
 //		errs = append(errs, ZeroOrOneOfUnion(ctx, op, fldPath, in, oldIn, UnionMembershipForABC,
 //			func(in *ABC) bool { return in.A != nil },
 //			func(in *ABC) bool { return in.B != ""},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go
index 5a99db04bc8..830ed4dfb19 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type genValidations struct {
 	schemeRegistry types.Name
 }
 
-// NewGenValidations cretes a new generator for the specified package.
+// NewGenValidations creates a new generator for the specified package.
 func NewGenValidations(outputFilename, outputPackage string, rootTypes []*types.Type, discovered *typeDiscoverer, inputToPkg map[string]string, schemeRegistry types.Name) generator.Generator {
 	return &genValidations{
 		GoGenerator: generator.GoGenerator{
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ func (g *genValidations) emitCallToOtherTypeFunc(c *generator.Context, node *typ
 	sw.Do("errs = append(errs, $.funcName|raw$(ctx, op, fldPath, obj, oldObj)...)\n", targs)
 }
 
-// emitRachetingCheck emits a equivalence check for default ratcheting.
+// emitRatchetingCheck emits an equivalence check for default ratcheting.
 func emitRatchetingCheck(c *generator.Context, t *types.Type, sw *generator.SnippetWriter) {
 	// Emit equivalence check for default ratcheting.
 	targs := generator.Args{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/enum.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/enum.go
index f6434cf1138..e6d7952ee13 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/enum.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/enum.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (etv *enumTagValidator) GetValidations(context Context, _ codetags.Tag) (Va
 	var result Validations
 
 	if enum, ok := etv.enumContext.EnumType(context.Type); ok {
-		// TODO: Avoid the "local" here. This was added to to avoid errors caused when the package is an empty string.
+		// TODO: Avoid the "local" here. This was added to avoid errors caused when the package is an empty string.
 		//       The correct package would be the output package but is not known here. This does not show up in generated code.
 		// TODO: Append a consistent hash suffix to avoid generated name conflicts?
 		supportVarName := PrivateVar{Name: "SymbolsFor" + context.Type.Name.Name, Package: "local"}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
index 603121a3fbe..9a1b1583d67 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 	requiredTagName  = "k8s:required"
 	optionalTagName  = "k8s:optional"
 	forbiddenTagName = "k8s:forbidden"
-	defaultTagName   = "default" // TODO: this should evenually be +k8s:default
+	defaultTagName   = "default" // TODO: this should eventually be +k8s:default
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/union.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/union.go
index ab80d69dfab..8eb94a05544 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/union.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/union.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func processUnionValidations(context Context, unions unions, varPrefix string,
 				return Validations{}, fmt.Errorf("slice type cannot have field members")
 			}
 
-			// TODO: Avoid the "local" here. This was added to to avoid errors caused when the package is an empty string.
+			// TODO: Avoid the "local" here. This was added to avoid errors caused when the package is an empty string.
 			//       The correct package would be the output package but is not known here. This does not show up in generated code.
 			// TODO: Append a consistent hash suffix to avoid generated name conflicts?
 			varBaseName := sanitizeName(context.Path.String() + "_" + unionName) // unionName can be ""