diff --git a/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp b/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp
index b0958fc6dc..1f6a2120cd 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4fmu/fmu.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public:
 	static int task_spawn(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 	/** @see ModuleBase */
-	static PX4FMU *instanciate(int argc, char *argv[]);
+	static PX4FMU *instantiate(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 	/** @see ModuleBase */
 	static int custom_command(int argc, char *argv[]);
@@ -3337,7 +3337,7 @@ PX4FMU::fake(int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
-PX4FMU *PX4FMU::instanciate(int argc, char *argv[])
+PX4FMU *PX4FMU::instantiate(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	// No arguments to parse. We also know that we should run as task
 	PX4FMU *dev = new PX4FMU(true);
diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
index e397ccfabc..dffcea5121 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void Logger::print_statistics()
 	_max_dropout_duration = 0.f;
 }
 
-Logger *Logger::instanciate(int argc, char *argv[])
+Logger *Logger::instantiate(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	uint32_t log_interval = 3500;
 	int log_buffer_size = 12 * 1024;
diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.h b/src/modules/logger/logger.h
index 33db7fdb01..1fbadcc623 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.h
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public:
 	static int task_spawn(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 	/** @see ModuleBase */
-	static Logger *instanciate(int argc, char *argv[]);
+	static Logger *instantiate(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 	/** @see ModuleBase */
 	static int custom_command(int argc, char *argv[]);
diff --git a/src/platforms/px4_module.h b/src/platforms/px4_module.h
index 108edbe3eb..ab08cf7eb5 100644
--- a/src/platforms/px4_module.h
+++ b/src/platforms/px4_module.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern pthread_mutex_t px4_modules_mutex;
 		// set _task_id and return 0
 		// on error return != 0 (and _task_id must be -1)
 	}
-	static T *instanciate(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	static T *instantiate(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		// this is called from within the new thread, from run_trampoline()
 		// parse the arguments
 		// create a new object T & return it
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Entry point for px4_task_spawn_cmd() if the module runs in its own thread.
 	 * It does:
-	 * - instanciate the object
+	 * - instantiate the object
 	 * - call run() on it to execute the main loop
 	 * - cleanup: delete the object
 	 * @param argc start argument(s)
@@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ public:
 		argv += 1;
 #endif
 
-		_object = T::instanciate(argc, argv);
+		_object = T::instantiate(argc, argv);
 
 		if (_object) {
 			T *object = (T *)_object;
 			object->run();
 
 		} else {
-			PX4_ERR("failed to instanciate object");
+			PX4_ERR("failed to instantiate object");
 		}
 
 		exit_and_cleanup();