Correct typos in docs and code comments (#13032)

Also move "Selected quotes from research participants" out of a random paragraph.

Author: JoshuaPerdue

docs/html/development/architecture/command-line-interface.rst

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Its main addition consists of the following function:
 
   .. py:method:: get_default_values()
 
-    Overrides the original method to allow updating the defaults ater the instantiation of the
+    Overrides the original method to allow updating the defaults after the instantiation of the
     option parser.
 
 It allows overriding the default options and arguments using the ``Configuration`` class

docs/html/development/architecture/overview.rst

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Once it has those, it selects one file and downloads it.
 cannot….should not be …. ? I want only the Flask …. Why am I getting the
 whole list?
 
-Answer: It's not every file, just files of Flask. No API for getting alllllll
+Answer: It's not every file, just files of Flask. No API for getting all
 files on PyPI. It’s for getting all files of Flask.)
 
 .. _`tracking issue`: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/6831

docs/html/ux-research-design/research-results/improving-pips-documentation.md

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ _Suggested content:_
 _Page purpose:_
 
 - To onboard people who want to contribute to pip's docs
-- To share previous research and recommendataions related to pip's docs
+- To share previous research and recommendations related to pip's docs
 
 _Suggested content:_
 

docs/html/ux-research-design/research-results/personas.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Problem
 
-We want to develop personas for pip's user to facilate faster user-centered decision making for the pip development team.
+We want to develop personas for pip's user to facilitate faster user-centered decision making for the pip development team.
 
 [Skip to recommendations](#recommendations)
 

docs/html/ux-research-design/research-results/pip-force-reinstall.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Most respondents use `--force-reinstall` "almost never" (65.6%):
 ![screenshot of survey question of how often users use --force-reinstall](https://i.imgur.com/fjLQUPV.png)
 ![bar chart of how often users use --force-reinstall](https://i.imgur.com/Xe1XDkI.png)
 
-Amongst respondents who said they use `--force-resinstall` often or very often:
+Amongst respondents who said they use `--force-reinstall` often or very often:
 
 - 54.54% (6/11) of respondents thought that pip should install the same version of requests - i.e. that `--force-reinstall` should _not_ implicitly upgrade
 - 45.45% (5/11) of respondents thought that pip should upgrade requests to the latest version - i.e that `--force-reinstall` _should_ implicitly upgrade
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Respondents find `--force-reinstall` less useful than useful:
 ![screenshot of survey question of how useful users find --force-reinstall](https://i.imgur.com/6cv4lFn.png)
 ![bar chart of how useful users find --force-reinstall](https://i.imgur.com/gMUBDBo.png)
 
-Amongst respondents who said they find `--force-resinstall` useful or very useful:
+Amongst respondents who said they find `--force-reinstall` useful or very useful:
 
 - 38.46% (20/52) of respondents thought that pip should install the same version of requests - i.e. that `--force-reinstall` should _not_ implicitly upgrade
 - 50% (26/52) of respondents thought that pip should upgrade requests to the latest version - i.e that `--force-reinstall` _should_ implicitly upgrade
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ In this case, we recommend showing the following message when a user tries to us
 
 > Error: the pip install --force-reinstall option no longer exists. Use pip uninstall then pip install to replace up-to-date packages, or pip install --upgrade to update your packages to the latest available versions.
 
-Should the pip development team wish to keep `--force-resintall`, we recommend maintaining the current (implicit upgrade) behaviour, as pip's users have not expressed a clear preference for a different behaviour.
+Should the pip development team wish to keep `--force-reinstall`, we recommend maintaining the current (implicit upgrade) behaviour, as pip's users have not expressed a clear preference for a different behaviour.
 
 In this case, we recommend upgrading the [help text](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#cmdoption-force-reinstall) to be more explicit:
 

docs/html/ux-research-design/research-results/prioritizing-features.md

@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ Results varied by the amount of Python experience the user had.
 
 ![Screenshot of Install a package from wheels](https://i.imgur.com/9DMBfNL.png)
 
-#### Install apackage from a local directory
+#### Install a package from a local directory
 
-![Screenshot of Install apackage from a local directory](https://i.imgur.com/Jp95rak.png)
+![Screenshot of Install a package from a local directory](https://i.imgur.com/Jp95rak.png)
 
 #### Control where you want your installed package to live on your computer
 

docs/html/ux-research-design/research-results/users-and-security.md

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Both of these groups identified their "sphere of influence" and did their best t
 
 ### User thoughts about security
 
+Selected quotes from research participants
+
 #### Responsibility as author
 
 Participants who spent a lot of their time writing Python code - either for community or as part of their job - expressed a responsibility to their users for the code they wrote - people who wrote code which was made public expressed a stronger responsibility.
@@ -76,8 +78,7 @@ Participants also explained they rely on code security scanning and checking sof
 
 #### Reliance on good software development practices
 
-A small number of participants e### Selected quotes from research participants
-xplained they have good software practices in place, which help with writing secure software.
+A small number of participants explained they have good software practices in place, which help with writing secure software.
 
 > "We have a book about ethics of code - we have mandatory certification."
 

news/13031.trivial.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Correct documentation errors.

src/pip/_internal/configuration.py

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def iter_config_files(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[Kind, List[str]]]:
         This should be treated like items of a dictionary. The order
         here doesn't affect what gets overridden. That is controlled
         by OVERRIDE_ORDER. However this does control the order they are
-        displayed to the user. It's probably most ergononmic to display
+        displayed to the user. It's probably most ergonomic to display
         things in the same order as OVERRIDE_ORDER
         """
         # SMELL: Move the conditions out of this function

src/pip/_internal/metadata/__init__.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def _should_use_importlib_metadata() -> bool:
     """Whether to use the ``importlib.metadata`` or ``pkg_resources`` backend.
 
     By default, pip uses ``importlib.metadata`` on Python 3.11+, and
-    ``pkg_resourcess`` otherwise. This can be overridden by a couple of ways:
+    ``pkg_resources`` otherwise. This can be overridden by a couple of ways:
 
     * If environment variable ``_PIP_USE_IMPORTLIB_METADATA`` is set, it
       dictates whether ``importlib.metadata`` is used, regardless of Python
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def get_default_environment() -> BaseEnvironment:
 
     This returns an Environment instance from the chosen backend. The default
     Environment instance should be built from ``sys.path`` and may use caching
-    to share instance state accorss calls.
+    to share instance state across calls.
     """
     return select_backend().Environment.default()