diff --git a/xarray/backends/api.py b/xarray/backends/api.py
index b2c0df7b01b..2bf13011bd1 100644
--- a/xarray/backends/api.py
+++ b/xarray/backends/api.py
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ def save_mfdataset(datasets, paths, mode='w', format=None, groups=None,
     for obj in datasets:
         if not isinstance(obj, Dataset):
             raise TypeError('save_mfdataset only supports writing Dataset '
-                            'objects, recieved type %s' % type(obj))
+                            'objects, received type %s' % type(obj))
 
     if groups is None:
         groups = [None] * len(datasets)
diff --git a/xarray/core/missing.py b/xarray/core/missing.py
index bec9e2e1931..232fa185c07 100644
--- a/xarray/core/missing.py
+++ b/xarray/core/missing.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def __init__(self, xi, yi, method='linear', fill_value=None, **kwargs):
 
         if self.cons_kwargs:
             raise ValueError(
-                'recieved invalid kwargs: %r' % self.cons_kwargs.keys())
+                'received invalid kwargs: %r' % self.cons_kwargs.keys())
 
         if fill_value is None:
             self._left = np.nan