diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
index 833bce7507d1f17458cf22843cec1bfc06f95882..dfac0158b79fe4622190b81b32e5c2bf79966fdc 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ protected function connect() {
         }
       }
       else {
-        // Database connection failed for some other reason than the database
-        // not existing.
+        // Database connection failed for some other reason than a non-existent
+        // database.
         $this->fail(t('Failed to connect to your database server. The server reports the following message: %error.<ul><li>Is the database server running?</li><li>Does the database exist or does the database user have sufficient privileges to create the database?</li><li>Have you entered the correct database name?</li><li>Have you entered the correct username and password?</li><li>Have you entered the correct database hostname and port number?</li></ul>', ['%error' => $e->getMessage()]));
         return FALSE;
       }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Install/Tasks.php
index 6e184aea2fabf53c1648587c6604227939c1c808..1c07dfaf382c9ed90534765ea75f4e2f822030e9 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ protected function connect() {
         }
       }
       else {
-        // Database connection failed for some other reason than the database
-        // not existing.
+        // Database connection failed for some other reason than a non-existent
+        // database.
         $this->fail(t('Failed to connect to your database server. The server reports the following message: %error.<ul><li>Is the database server running?</li><li>Does the database exist, and have you entered the correct database name?</li><li>Have you entered the correct username and password?</li><li>Have you entered the correct database hostname and port number?</li></ul>', ['%error' => $e->getMessage()]));
         return FALSE;
       }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
index 81bdea39bbb4c66ea2448890440071d43d133bf9..1acb119417185124776f71a8799d040052d0cf3c 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ protected function connect() {
         }
       }
       else {
-        // Database connection failed for some other reason than the database
-        // not existing.
+        // Database connection failed for some other reason than a non-existent
+        // database.
         $this->fail(t('Failed to connect to database. The database engine reports the following message: %error.<ul><li>Does the database file exist?</li><li>Does web server have permission to write to the database file?</li>Does the web server have permission to write to the directory the database file should be created in?</li></ul>', ['%error' => $e->getMessage()]));
         return FALSE;
       }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemInterface.php
index 8e3e52b9f488312a89296abe8e0db3d4a022bcea..ce171100e7be190609835ade6101f9787ea4eaea 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemInterface.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public function getFieldDefinition();
    *   The property value.
    *
    * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
-   *   If a not existing property is accessed.
+   *   If a non-existent property is accessed.
    */
   public function __get($property_name);
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public function __get($property_name);
    *   passed instead of a plain value.
    *
    * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
-   *   If a not existing property is set.
+   *   If a non-existent property is set.
    */
   public function __set($property_name, $value);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/book/tests/src/Functional/BookTest.php b/core/modules/book/tests/src/Functional/BookTest.php
index 99b4ae0579170915f7c1f7adfe9a0282744cd9c4..9dd34263c10e305ddb9a156c9a2074b92f43387d 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/tests/src/Functional/BookTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/book/tests/src/Functional/BookTest.php
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public function testBookExport() {
     $this->drupalGet('book/export/foobar/' . $this->book->id());
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(404);
 
-    // Make sure we get a 404 on a not existing book node.
+    // Make sure we get a 404 on a non-existent book node.
     $this->drupalGet('book/export/html/123');
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(404);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php b/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
index aa8e6d158fcaee7ee94ea646f70e8c267b4dd96c..bda74010e4a418fd1063cb826bcbf5f21eb7fe37 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public function testLogEventNotFoundPage() {
     // Login the admin user.
     $this->drupalLogin($this->adminUser);
 
-    // Try to read details of not existing event.
+    // Try to read details of non-existent event.
     $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/dblog/event/999999');
     // Verify 404 response.
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(404);
diff --git a/core/modules/link/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/LinkNotExistingInternalConstraintValidatorTest.php b/core/modules/link/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/LinkNotExistingInternalConstraintValidatorTest.php
index 852069c84fdeae15b8aa194068624b14442a4bee..5c7ae08570bf9f88fb9ec81602b9a0249b90b681 100644
--- a/core/modules/link/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/LinkNotExistingInternalConstraintValidatorTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/link/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/Validation/Constraint/LinkNotExistingInternalConstraintValidatorTest.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public function providerValidate() {
 
     $data[] = [$url, TRUE];
 
-    // Not existing routed URL.
+    // Non-existent routed URL.
     $url = Url::fromRoute('example.not_existing_route');
 
     $url_generator = $this->createMock('Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface');
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Functional/LocaleUpdateBase.php b/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Functional/LocaleUpdateBase.php
index d499bb7d2cd91dcd771ca29ad47708232db52243..359a9ad5bd70ae9c14439a32342d179f617a2fb4 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Functional/LocaleUpdateBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Functional/LocaleUpdateBase.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ protected function setCurrentTranslations() {
    * @param string $source
    *   Translation source string.
    * @param string $translation
-   *   Translation to check. Use empty string to check for a not existing
+   *   Translation to check. Use empty string to check for a non-existent
    *   translation.
    * @param string $langcode
    *   Language code of the language to translate to.
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/QueryGroupByTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/QueryGroupByTest.php
index 61b795d6aa298833dbcf305b1f817e1c1454ce45..831514805b323f847cf0d1be1f75b702b37f1bbe 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/QueryGroupByTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/QueryGroupByTest.php
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public function testGroupByFieldWithCardinality() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests groupby with a field not existing on some bundle.
+   * Tests groupby with a non-existent field on some bundle.
    */
   public function testGroupByWithFieldsNotExistingOnBundle() {
     $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::create([
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Controller/ViewAjaxControllerTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Controller/ViewAjaxControllerTest.php
index e02a168343526c4d5ccaf86510d676a41e50b216..f3afb26cd349ce197b7058848d73173b2edc1384 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Controller/ViewAjaxControllerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Controller/ViewAjaxControllerTest.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public function testMissingViewName() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests with view_name and view_display_id but not existing view.
+   * Tests non-existent view with view_name and view_display_id.
    */
   public function testMissingView() {
     $request = new Request();
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/ViewsDataTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/ViewsDataTest.php
index 18b7e2f96c0aa6df1bbeb0b020dea6b06b36bbeb..37b9fb10687de1e8edcb9b08d8e054044932f0f5 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/ViewsDataTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/ViewsDataTest.php
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public function testCacheCallsWithWarmCacheAndDifferentTable() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests the cache calls for an not existing table:
+   * Tests the cache calls for an non-existent table:
    *
    * Warm cache:
    *   - all tables
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public function testCacheCallsWithWarmCacheAndInvalidTable() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests the cache calls for an not existing table:
+   * Tests the cache calls for an non-existent table:
    *
    * Warm cache:
    *   - all tables
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityDefinitionUpdateTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityDefinitionUpdateTest.php
index 76014c6e8f148077f4407049e7141a99517b8207..33793b370ffcc3c8418fdde229173a106064026a 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityDefinitionUpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityDefinitionUpdateTest.php
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public function testBundleFieldCreateUpdateDeleteWithoutData() {
   /**
    * Tests creating and deleting a base field if entities exist.
    *
-   * This tests deletion when there are existing entities, but not existing data
+   * This tests deletion when there are existing entities, but non-existent data
    * for the field being deleted.
    *
    * @see testBaseFieldDeleteWithExistingData()
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public function testBaseFieldCreateDeleteWithExistingEntities() {
   /**
    * Tests creating and deleting a bundle field if entities exist.
    *
-   * This tests deletion when there are existing entities, but not existing data
+   * This tests deletion when there are existing entities, but non-existent data
    * for the field being deleted.
    *
    * @see testBundleFieldDeleteWithExistingData()
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php
index 915fe2e4178422514d98eeabb17a1deca412e915..4c7868a197bd57488fc6e4cf3c1c54f112ef7b6a 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ protected function doTestReadWrite($entity_type) {
     $this->assertTrue(isset($entity->name[0]), new FormattableMarkup('%entity_type: Name string item is set.', ['%entity_type' => $entity_type]));
     $this->assertFalse(isset($entity->name[1]), new FormattableMarkup('%entity_type: Second name string item is not set as it does not exist', ['%entity_type' => $entity_type]));
     $this->assertTrue(isset($entity->name), new FormattableMarkup('%entity_type: Name field is set.', ['%entity_type' => $entity_type]));
-    $this->assertFalse(isset($entity->nameInvalid), new FormattableMarkup('%entity_type: Not existing field is not set.', ['%entity_type' => $entity_type]));
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($entity->nameInvalid), new FormattableMarkup('%entity_type: Non-existent field is not set.', ['%entity_type' => $entity_type]));
 
     unset($entity->name[0]);
     $this->assertFalse(isset($entity->name[0]), new FormattableMarkup('%entity_type: Name field item is not set.', ['%entity_type' => $entity_type]));
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Component/Plugin/DefaultFactoryTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Component/Plugin/DefaultFactoryTest.php
index 11f6c04abf350340f88865f9efb81f2c854753e8..4d1e5a3d34caa12e679a0d4329e39870274d1a5a 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Component/Plugin/DefaultFactoryTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Component/Plugin/DefaultFactoryTest.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function testGetPluginClassWithMissingClassWithObjectPluginDefinition() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests getPluginClass() with a not existing class definition.
+   * Tests getPluginClass() with a non-existent class definition.
    *
    * @covers ::getPluginClass
    */
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public function testGetPluginClassWithNotExistingClassWithArrayPluginDefinition(
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests getPluginClass() with a not existing class definition.
+   * Tests getPluginClass() with a non-existent class definition.
    *
    * @covers ::getPluginClass
    */
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathValidatorTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathValidatorTest.php
index ae94ab15e2ffb7537c9ae2c1ef4fb12091dbc0d3..3202b0a1f157bc6e311a08d5d1ab7bc9e05fedc5 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathValidatorTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathValidatorTest.php
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public function testIsValidWithFailingParameterConverting() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests the isValid() method with a not existing path.
+   * Tests the isValid() method with a non-existent path.
    *
    * @covers ::isValid
    */