diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParser/Expressions.swift b/Sources/SwiftParser/Expressions.swift
index 462c5f728dd..a7494d5c540 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParser/Expressions.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParser/Expressions.swift
@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@ extension TokenConsumer {
   mutating func atStartOfExpression() -> Bool {
     switch self.at(anyIn: ExpressionStart.self) {
     case (.awaitTryMove, let handle)?:
-      var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-      backtrack.eat(handle)
+      var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+      lookahead.eat(handle)
 
       // These can be parsed as expressions with try/await.
-      if backtrack.at(anyIn: SingleValueStatementExpression.self) != nil {
+      if lookahead.at(anyIn: SingleValueStatementExpression.self) != nil {
         return true
       }
       // Note we currently pass `preferExpr: false` to prefer diagnosing `try then`
       // as needing to be `then try`, rather than parsing `then` as an expression.
-      if backtrack.atStartOfDeclaration() || backtrack.atStartOfStatement(preferExpr: false) {
+      if lookahead.atStartOfDeclaration() || lookahead.atStartOfStatement(preferExpr: false) {
         // If after the 'try' we are at a declaration or statement, it can't be a valid expression.
         // Decide how we want to consume the 'try':
         // If the declaration or statement starts at a new line, the user probably just forgot to write the expression after 'try' -> parse it as a TryExpr
         // If the declaration or statement starts at the same line, the user maybe tried to use 'try' as a modifier -> parse it as unexpected text in front of that decl or stmt.
-        return backtrack.atStartOfLine
+        return lookahead.atStartOfLine
       } else {
         return true
       }
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ extension TokenConsumer {
       break
     }
     if self.at(.atSign) || self.at(.keyword(.inout)) {
-      var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-      if backtrack.canParseType() {
+      var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+      if lookahead.canParseType() {
         return true
       }
     }
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ extension TokenConsumer {
       // expansion, but we need to do more lookahead to figure out
       // whether the '{' is the start of a closure expression or a
       // brace statement for 'repeat { ... } while'
-      let backtrack = self.lookahead()
-      return backtrack.peek().rawTokenKind != .leftBrace
+      let lookahead = self.lookahead()
+      return lookahead.peek().rawTokenKind != .leftBrace
     }
 
     return false
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ extension Parser {
   ) -> RawExprSyntax {
     // Try to parse '@' sign or 'inout' as an attributed typerepr.
     if self.at(.atSign, .keyword(.inout)) {
-      var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-      if backtrack.canParseType() {
+      var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+      if lookahead.canParseType() {
         let type = self.parseType()
         return RawExprSyntax(
           RawTypeExprSyntax(
@@ -1965,12 +1965,12 @@ extension Parser.Lookahead {
 
     // Do some tentative parsing to distinguish `label: { ... }` and
     // `label: switch x { ... }`.
-    var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-    backtrack.consumeAnyToken()
-    if backtrack.peek().rawTokenKind == .leftBrace {
+    var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+    lookahead.consumeAnyToken()
+    if lookahead.peek().rawTokenKind == .leftBrace {
       return true
     }
-    if backtrack.peek().isEditorPlaceholder {
+    if lookahead.peek().isEditorPlaceholder {
       // Editor placeholder can represent entire closures
       return true
     }
@@ -2022,21 +2022,21 @@ extension Parser.Lookahead {
     // Determine if the {} goes with the expression by eating it, and looking
     // to see if it is immediately followed by a token which indicates we should
     // consider it part of the preceding expression
-    var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-    backtrack.eat(.leftBrace)
+    var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+    lookahead.eat(.leftBrace)
     var loopProgress = LoopProgressCondition()
-    while !backtrack.at(.endOfFile, .rightBrace)
-      && !backtrack.at(.poundEndif, .poundElse, .poundElseif)
-      && backtrack.hasProgressed(&loopProgress)
+    while !lookahead.at(.endOfFile, .rightBrace)
+      && !lookahead.at(.poundEndif, .poundElse, .poundElseif)
+      && lookahead.hasProgressed(&loopProgress)
     {
-      backtrack.skipSingle()
+      lookahead.skipSingle()
     }
 
-    guard backtrack.consume(if: .rightBrace) != nil else {
+    guard lookahead.consume(if: .rightBrace) != nil else {
       return false
     }
 
-    switch backtrack.currentToken {
+    switch lookahead.currentToken {
     case TokenSpec(.leftBrace),
       TokenSpec(.where),
       TokenSpec(.comma):
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ extension Parser.Lookahead {
       TokenSpec(.equal),
       TokenSpec(.postfixOperator),
       TokenSpec(.binaryOperator):
-      return !backtrack.atStartOfLine
+      return !lookahead.atStartOfLine
     default:
       return false
     }
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParser/Lookahead.swift b/Sources/SwiftParser/Lookahead.swift
index 65cddc0eb1f..3d3f982c8e2 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParser/Lookahead.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParser/Lookahead.swift
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ extension Parser.Lookahead {
       // Recover by eating @foo(...)
       self.eat(handle)
       if self.at(.leftParen) {
-        var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-        backtrack.skipSingle()
+        var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+        lookahead.skipSingle()
         // If we found '->', or 'throws' after paren, it's likely a parameter
         // of function type.
-        guard backtrack.at(.arrow) || backtrack.at(.keyword(.throws), .keyword(.rethrows), .keyword(.throw)) else {
+        guard lookahead.at(.arrow) || lookahead.at(.keyword(.throws), .keyword(.rethrows), .keyword(.throw)) else {
           self.skipSingle()
           return
         }
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParser/Names.swift b/Sources/SwiftParser/Names.swift
index 86e8b24f598..19f7050db5d 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParser/Names.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParser/Names.swift
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ extension Parser {
     // If qualified name base type cannot be parsed from the current
     // point (i.e. the next type identifier is not followed by a '.'),
     // then the next identifier is the final declaration name component.
-    var backtrack = self.lookahead()
+    var lookahead = self.lookahead()
     guard
-      backtrack.consume(ifPrefix: ".", as: .period) != nil,
-      backtrack.canParseBaseTypeForQualifiedDeclName()
+      lookahead.consume(ifPrefix: ".", as: .period) != nil,
+      lookahead.canParseBaseTypeForQualifiedDeclName()
     else {
       return result
     }
@@ -237,10 +237,10 @@ extension Parser {
       // If qualified name base type cannot be parsed from the current
       // point (i.e. the next type identifier is not followed by a '.'),
       // then the next identifier is the final declaration name component.
-      var backtrack = self.lookahead()
+      var lookahead = self.lookahead()
       guard
-        backtrack.consume(ifPrefix: ".", as: .period) != nil,
-        backtrack.canParseBaseTypeForQualifiedDeclName()
+        lookahead.consume(ifPrefix: ".", as: .period) != nil,
+        lookahead.canParseBaseTypeForQualifiedDeclName()
       else {
         break
       }
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParser/Statements.swift b/Sources/SwiftParser/Statements.swift
index 36166acabee..3b10cf63c14 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParser/Statements.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParser/Statements.swift
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@ extension Parser {
       // However, if this is the first clause, and we see "x = y", then this is
       // almost certainly a typo for '==' and definitely not a continuation of
       // another clause, so parse it as an expression.  This also avoids
-      // lookahead + backtracking on simple if conditions that are obviously
-      // boolean conditions.
+      // lookahead on simple if conditions that are obviously boolean conditions.
       return .expression(self.parseExpression(flavor: .stmtCondition, pattern: .none))
     }
 
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftParser/Types.swift b/Sources/SwiftParser/Types.swift
index e3764075a7b..197906a265f 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftParser/Types.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftParser/Types.swift
@@ -816,16 +816,16 @@ extension Parser.Lookahead {
       }
 
       if effect.spec.isThrowsSpecifier && self.peek().rawTokenKind == .leftParen {
-        var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-        backtrack.consumeAnyToken()
-        backtrack.skipSingle()
-        return backtrack.atFunctionTypeArrow()
+        var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+        lookahead.consumeAnyToken()
+        lookahead.skipSingle()
+        return lookahead.atFunctionTypeArrow()
       }
 
       if peek(isAtAnyIn: EffectSpecifier.self) != nil {
-        var backtrack = self.lookahead()
-        backtrack.consumeAnyToken()
-        return backtrack.atFunctionTypeArrow()
+        var lookahead = self.lookahead()
+        lookahead.consumeAnyToken()
+        return lookahead.atFunctionTypeArrow()
       }
 
       return false