diff --git a/boards/dwm1001/doc.txt b/boards/dwm1001/doc.txt
index 1d4d1f8e0d..68722c0299 100644
--- a/boards/dwm1001/doc.txt
+++ b/boards/dwm1001/doc.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The [Devawave DWM1001 development board](https://www.decawave.com/product/dwm100
 includes a DWM1001 module which is based on a Nordic nRF51832 microcontroller.
 This microcontroller is an ARM Cortex-M4 with 64KB of RAM and 512KB of flash
 memory. It also provides in integrated BLE radio.
-The DWM1001 module also contains an UWB tranceiver connected to the
+The DWM1001 module also contains an UWB transceiver connected to the
 microcontroller via SPI (not supported yet).
 
 ## Flash the board
diff --git a/boards/dwm1001/include/board.h b/boards/dwm1001/include/board.h
index 8191d65c38..47f585a6b8 100644
--- a/boards/dwm1001/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/dwm1001/include/board.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /** @} */
 
 /**
- * @name    DW1000 UWB tranceiver
+ * @name    DW1000 UWB transceiver
  * @{
  */
 #define DW1000_PARAM_SPI_DEV        SPI_DEV(1)
diff --git a/boards/dwm1001/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/dwm1001/include/periph_conf.h
index 334a33421b..ee40e2b297 100644
--- a/boards/dwm1001/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/dwm1001/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static const spi_conf_t spi_config[] = {
         .miso = GPIO_PIN(0, 6),
         .ppi = 0,
     },
-    {   /* Connected to the DWM1001 UWB tranceiver */
+    {   /* Connected to the DWM1001 UWB transceiver */
         .dev  = NRF_SPIM1,
         .sclk = GPIO_PIN(0, 16),
         .mosi = GPIO_PIN(0, 20),