diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs
index cce88d936b71b..24b6cff130974 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs
@@ -51,17 +51,16 @@ pub trait FromInner<Inner> {
     fn from_inner(inner: Inner) -> Self;
 }
 
-// Computes (value*numer)/denom without overflow, as long as both
-// (numer*denom) and the overall result fit into i64 (which is the case
-// for our time conversions).
+// Computes (value*numerator)/denom without overflow, as long as both (numerator*denom) and the
+// overall result fit into i64 (which is the case for our time conversions).
 #[allow(dead_code)] // not used on all platforms
-pub fn mul_div_u64(value: u64, numer: u64, denom: u64) -> u64 {
+pub fn mul_div_u64(value: u64, numerator: u64, denom: u64) -> u64 {
     let q = value / denom;
     let r = value % denom;
     // Decompose value as (value/denom*denom + value%denom),
-    // substitute into (value*numer)/denom and simplify.
-    // r < denom, so (denom*numer) is the upper bound of (r*numer)
-    q * numer + r * numer / denom
+    // substitute into (value*numerator)/denom and simplify.
+    // r < denom, so (denom*numerator) is the upper bound of (r*numerator)
+    q * numerator + r * numerator / denom
 }
 
 pub fn ignore_notfound<T>(result: crate::io::Result<T>) -> crate::io::Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/time.rs b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/time.rs
index b5b35797fec2f..6e56fdfe35aef 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/time.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/time.rs
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'tcx>: crate::MiriInterpCxExt<'tcx> {
 
         // Since our emulated ticks in `mach_absolute_time` *are* nanoseconds,
         // no scaling needs to happen.
-        let (numer, denom) = (1, 1);
-        this.write_int_fields(&[numer.into(), denom.into()], &info)?;
+        let (numerator, denom) = (1, 1);
+        this.write_int_fields(&[numerator.into(), denom.into()], &info)?;
 
         interp_ok(Scalar::from_i32(0)) // KERN_SUCCESS
     }
diff --git a/typos.toml b/typos.toml
index 4035f206a4663..317aafc861565 100644
--- a/typos.toml
+++ b/typos.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ ERROR_DS_NOT_AUTHORITIVE_FOR_DST_NC = "ERROR_DS_NOT_AUTHORITIVE_FOR_DST_NC"
 ERROR_MCA_OCCURED = "ERROR_MCA_OCCURED"
 ERRNO_ACCES = "ERRNO_ACCES"
 tolen = "tolen"
-numer = "numer"
 
 [default]
 extend-ignore-words-re = [