diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index d08011201..edb957137 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ static const KeyBinding bindings_motions[] = {
 	{ "g|",                 ACTION(CURSOR_COLUMN)                       },
 	{ "[{",                 ACTION(CURSOR_BLOCK_START)                  },
 	{ "]}",                 ACTION(CURSOR_BLOCK_END)                    },
-	{ "[(",                 ACTION(CURSOR_PARENTHESE_START)             },
-	{ "])",                 ACTION(CURSOR_PARENTHESE_END)               },
+	{ "[(",                 ACTION(CURSOR_PARENTHESIS_START)            },
+	{ "])",                 ACTION(CURSOR_PARENTHESIS_END)              },
 	{ "$",                  ACTION(CURSOR_LINE_END)                     },
 	{ "^",                  ACTION(CURSOR_LINE_START)                   },
 	{ "}",                  ACTION(CURSOR_PARAGRAPH_NEXT)               },
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 8f1a13f83..0c6e4d0b8 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ enum {
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SENTENCE_NEXT,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_BLOCK_START,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_BLOCK_END,
-	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESE_START,
-	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESE_END,
+	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESIS_START,
+	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESIS_END,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_COLUMN,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_LINE_FIRST,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_LINE_LAST,
@@ -514,15 +514,15 @@ static const KeyAction vis_action[] = {
 		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to the closing curly brace in a block")
 		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_BLOCK_END }
 	},
-	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESE_START] = {
-		"vis-motion-parenthese-start",
-		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to the opening parenthese inside a pair of parentheses")
-		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESE_START }
+	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESIS_START] = {
+		"vis-motion-parenthesis-start",
+		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to the opening parenthesis inside a pair of parentheses")
+		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESIS_START }
 	},
-	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESE_END] = {
-		"vis-motion-parenthese-end",
-		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to the closing parenthese inside a pair of parentheses")
-		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESE_END }
+	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_PARENTHESIS_END] = {
+		"vis-motion-parenthesis-end",
+		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to the closing parenthesis inside a pair of parentheses")
+		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESIS_END }
 	},
 	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_COLUMN] = {
 		"vis-motion-column",
@@ -1135,12 +1135,12 @@ static const KeyAction vis_action[] = {
 		textobj, { .i = VIS_TEXTOBJECT_INNER_SQUARE_BRACKET }
 	},
 	[VIS_ACTION_TEXT_OBJECT_PARENTHESIS_OUTER] = {
-		"vis-textobject-parentheses-outer",
+		"vis-textobject-parenthesis-outer",
 		VIS_HELP("() block (outer variant)")
 		textobj, { .i = VIS_TEXTOBJECT_OUTER_PARENTHESIS }
 	},
 	[VIS_ACTION_TEXT_OBJECT_PARENTHESIS_INNER] = {
-		"vis-textobject-parentheses-inner",
+		"vis-textobject-parenthesis-inner",
 		VIS_HELP("() block (inner variant)")
 		textobj, { .i = VIS_TEXTOBJECT_INNER_PARENTHESIS }
 	},
diff --git a/text-motions.c b/text-motions.c
index ad92e579d..689bb1f22 100644
--- a/text-motions.c
+++ b/text-motions.c
@@ -514,12 +514,12 @@ size_t text_block_end(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	return text_range_valid(&r) ? r.end : pos;
 }
 
-size_t text_parenthese_start(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
+size_t text_parenthesis_start(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	Filerange r = text_object_parenthesis(txt, pos-1);
 	return text_range_valid(&r) ? r.start-1 : pos;
 }
 
-size_t text_parenthese_end(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
+size_t text_parenthesis_end(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	Filerange r = text_object_parenthesis(txt, pos+1);
 	return text_range_valid(&r) ? r.end : pos;
 }
diff --git a/text-motions.h b/text-motions.h
index a51fd0820..061ff302c 100644
--- a/text-motions.h
+++ b/text-motions.h
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ size_t text_section_prev(Text*, size_t pos);
 */
 size_t text_block_start(Text*, size_t pos);
 size_t text_block_end(Text*, size_t pos);
-size_t text_parenthese_start(Text*, size_t pos);
-size_t text_parenthese_end(Text*, size_t pos);
+size_t text_parenthesis_start(Text*, size_t pos);
+size_t text_parenthesis_end(Text*, size_t pos);
 /* search coresponding '(', ')', '{', '}', '[', ']', '>', '<', '"', ''' */
 size_t text_bracket_match(Text*, size_t pos);
 /* same as above but explicitly specify symbols to match */
diff --git a/vis-motions.c b/vis-motions.c
index b72f28068..56780039d 100644
--- a/vis-motions.c
+++ b/vis-motions.c
@@ -493,12 +493,12 @@ const Movement vis_motions[] = {
 		.txt = text_block_end,
 		.type = JUMP,
 	},
-	[VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESE_START] = {
-		.txt = text_parenthese_start,
+	[VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESIS_START] = {
+		.txt = text_parenthesis_start,
 		.type = JUMP,
 	},
-	[VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESE_END] = {
-		.txt = text_parenthese_end,
+	[VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESIS_END] = {
+		.txt = text_parenthesis_end,
 		.type = JUMP,
 	},
 	[VIS_MOVE_BRACKET_MATCH] = {
diff --git a/vis.h b/vis.h
index 152b672ad..eef0056c4 100644
--- a/vis.h
+++ b/vis.h
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ enum VisMotion {
 	VIS_MOVE_FUNCTION_END_NEXT,
 	VIS_MOVE_BLOCK_START,
 	VIS_MOVE_BLOCK_END,
-	VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESE_START,
-	VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESE_END,
+	VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESIS_START,
+	VIS_MOVE_PARENTHESIS_END,
 	VIS_MOVE_BRACKET_MATCH,
 	VIS_MOVE_LEFT_TO,
 	VIS_MOVE_RIGHT_TO,