In the syntax, angle brackets '<', '>' are used to delimit the arrays, and comma ',' is used * to separate elements of an array. Whitespace is ignored, unless quoted.
*For example:
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cformtst.h b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cformtst.h
index bcee4c42f28..09c01f4ee6b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cformtst.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cformtst.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
#include "unicode/uformattedvalue.h"
-/* Internal fucntion used by all the test format files */
+/* Internal function used by all the test format files */
UChar* myDateFormat(UDateFormat *dat, UDate d);
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/uperf.cpp b/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/uperf.cpp
index b807974f58a..5605f0d2e3d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/uperf.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/uperf.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ UBool UPerfTest::run(){
return runTest();
}
UBool res=FALSE;
- // Test only the specified fucntion
+ // Test only the specified function
for (int i = 1; i < _remainingArgc; ++i) {
if (_argv[i][0] != '-') {
char* name = (char*) _argv[i];
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/xmlparser.cpp b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/xmlparser.cpp
index a9650cc5999..60cd49ca8b3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/xmlparser.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/xmlparser.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ UXMLParser::UXMLParser(UErrorCode &status) :
// or "
// TODO: we don't actually parse the DOCTYPE or internal subsets.
// Some internal dtd subsets could confuse this simple-minded
- // attempt at skipping over them, specifically, occcurences
+ // attempt at skipping over them, specifically, occurrences
// of closeing square brackets. These could appear in comments,
// or in parameter entity declarations, for example.
mXMLDoctype(UnicodeString(
diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java
index 05065f28bbe..50e759859c0 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ public abstract class NumberFormat extends UFormat {
static NumberFormat createInstance(ULocale desiredLocale, int choice) {
// If the choice is PLURALCURRENCYSTYLE, the pattern is not a single
// pattern, it is a pattern set, so we do not need to get them here.
- // If the choice is ISOCURRENCYSTYLE, the pattern is the currrency
+ // If the choice is ISOCURRENCYSTYLE, the pattern is the currency
// pattern in the locale but by replacing the single currency sign
// with double currency sign.
String pattern = getPattern(desiredLocale, choice);
diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/text/TransliteratorParser.java b/icu4j/main/classes/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/text/TransliteratorParser.java
index 8ed20d3d491..bbfc33d8882 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/text/TransliteratorParser.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/text/TransliteratorParser.java
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ class TransliteratorParser {
/**
* Assert that the given character is NOT within the variable range.
- * If it is, signal an error. This is neccesary to ensure that the
+ * If it is, signal an error. This is necessary to ensure that the
* variable range does not overlap characters used in a rule.
*/
private void checkVariableRange(int ch, String rule, int start) {
diff --git a/icu4j/tools/misc/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/ime/translit/TransliteratorInputMethodDescriptor.java b/icu4j/tools/misc/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/ime/translit/TransliteratorInputMethodDescriptor.java
index 7334be38dcb..9203ea3710b 100644
--- a/icu4j/tools/misc/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/ime/translit/TransliteratorInputMethodDescriptor.java
+++ b/icu4j/tools/misc/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/ime/translit/TransliteratorInputMethodDescriptor.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class TransliteratorInputMethodDescriptor implements InputMethodDescripto
private ResourceBundle rb = null;
/**
- * Creates the Transliterator IME this is automatically callled by the
+ * Creates the Transliterator IME this is automatically called by the
* JVM when the Transliterator IME is selected from the input method list.
*
* @return InputMethod The Transliterator IME object.
diff --git a/tools/unicodetools/com/ibm/rbm/gui/BundleItemCreationDialog.java b/tools/unicodetools/com/ibm/rbm/gui/BundleItemCreationDialog.java
index 4333bad71a7..2ab99743be3 100644
--- a/tools/unicodetools/com/ibm/rbm/gui/BundleItemCreationDialog.java
+++ b/tools/unicodetools/com/ibm/rbm/gui/BundleItemCreationDialog.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class BundleItemCreationDialog extends JDialog {
lookups.remove(name);
}
}
- // Add new lookups if neccesary
+ // Add new lookups if necessary
if (currentTrans != null && currentTrans.indexOf("{") >= 0) {
while (currentTrans.indexOf("{") >= 0) {
currentTrans = currentTrans.substring(currentTrans.indexOf("{")+1,currentTrans.length());