diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 418048f66..6af5f78ad 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
         , "level": "error" // filters out all log messages that have a lower level than "error"
         , "appender":
           { "type": "smtp"
-          , "subject": "An error occured in your EPL instance!"
+          , "subject": "An error occurred in your EPL instance!"
           , "recipients": "bar@blurdybloop.com, baz@blurdybloop.com"
           , "sendInterval": 300 // 60 * 5 = 5 minutes -- will buffer log messages; set to 0 to send a mail for every message
           , "transport": "SMTP", "SMTP": { // see https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#possible-transport-methods
diff --git a/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js b/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js
index 48d1ab70a..3f88d9b11 100644
--- a/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/admin/plugins.js
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
       if(data.code === "EPEERINVALID"){
         alert("This plugin requires that you update Etherpad so it can operate in it's true glory");
       }
-      alert('An error occured while installing '+data.plugin+' \n'+data.error)
+      alert('An error occurred while installing '+data.plugin+' \n'+data.error)
       $('#installed-plugins .'+data.plugin).remove()
     }
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
   })
 
   socket.on('finished:uninstall', function(data) {
-    if(data.error) alert('An error occured while uninstalling the '+data.plugin+' \n'+data.error)
+    if(data.error) alert('An error occurred while uninstalling the '+data.plugin+' \n'+data.error)
 
     // remove plugin from installed list
     $('#installed-plugins .'+data.plugin).remove()
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_utils.js b/src/static/js/pad_utils.js
index 5a7700c94..7166e0fb5 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_utils.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_utils.js
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ function setupGlobalExceptionHandler() {
         //show javascript errors to the user
         $("#editorloadingbox").css("padding", "10px");
         $("#editorloadingbox").css("padding-top", "45px");
-        $("#editorloadingbox").html("<div style='text-align:left;color:red;font-size:16px;'><b>An error occured</b><br>The error was reported with the following id: '" + errorId + "'<br><br><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px'>Please press and hold Ctrl and press F5 to reload this page, if the problem persists please send this error message to your webmaster: </span><div style='color:black;font-size:14px'>'"
+        $("#editorloadingbox").html("<div style='text-align:left;color:red;font-size:16px;'><b>An error occurred</b><br>The error was reported with the following id: '" + errorId + "'<br><br><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px'>Please press and hold Ctrl and press F5 to reload this page, if the problem persists please send this error message to your webmaster: </span><div style='color:black;font-size:14px'>'"
           + "ErrorId: " + errorId + "<br>URL: " + window.location.href + "<br>UserAgent: " + userAgent + "<br>" + msg + " in " + url + " at line " + linenumber + "'</div></div>");
       }
 
diff --git a/src/templates/pad.html b/src/templates/pad.html
index 271bbb2d5..3d89f9d07 100644
--- a/src/templates/pad.html
+++ b/src/templates/pad.html
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
               var originalHandler = window.onerror;
               window.onerror = function(msg, url, line) {
                 var box   = document.getElementById('editorloadingbox');
-                box.innerHTML = '<p><b>An error occured while loading the pad</b></p>'
+                box.innerHTML = '<p><b>An error occurred while loading the pad</b></p>'
                               + '<p><b>'+msg+'</b> '
                               + '<small>in '+ url +' (line '+ line +')</small></p>';
                 // call original error handler