words = (z_word_t const *)buf;
/* Do endian check at execution time instead of compile time, since ARM
- processors can change the endianess at execution time. If the
- compiler knows what the endianess will be, it can optimize out the
+ processors can change the endianness at execution time. If the
+ compiler knows what the endianness will be, it can optimize out the
check and the unused branch. */
endian = 1;
if (*(unsigned char *)&endian) {