diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcSketch.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcSketch.java
index 212670c50..d5e17388a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcSketch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcSketch.java
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ private static void updateWindowed(final CpcSketch sketch, final int rowCol) {
     assert ((sketch.windowOffset >= 0) && (sketch.windowOffset <= 56));
     final int k = 1 << sketch.lgK;
     final long c32pre = sketch.numCoupons << 5;
-    assert c32pre >= (3L * k); // C < 3K/32, in other words flavor >= HYBRID
+    assert c32pre >= (3L * k); // C >= 3K/32, in other words flavor >= HYBRID
     final long c8pre = sketch.numCoupons << 3;
     final int w8pre = sketch.windowOffset << 3;
     assert c8pre < ((27L + w8pre) * k); // C < (K * 27/8) + (K * windowOffset)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcUnion.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcUnion.java
index 8aeb48bbf..34ded3a9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcUnion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/CpcUnion.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public CpcUnion(final int lgK, final long seed) {
     bitMatrix = null;
     // We begin with the accumulator holding an EMPTY_MERGED sketch object.
     // As an optimization the accumulator could start as NULL, but that would require changes elsewhere.
-    accumulator = new CpcSketch(lgK);
+    accumulator = new CpcSketch(lgK, seed);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/PreambleUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/PreambleUtil.java
index 80960f69a..f24c86dd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/PreambleUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/cpc/PreambleUtil.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ private PreambleUtil() {}
   static final int RESERVED_FLAG_MASK       = 1; //Reserved.
   static final int COMPRESSED_FLAG_MASK     = 2;
   static final int HIP_FLAG_MASK            = 4;
-  static final int SUP_VAL_FLAG_MASK        = 8; //num Suprising Values > 0
+  static final int SUP_VAL_FLAG_MASK        = 8; //num Surprising Values > 0
   static final int WINDOW_FLAG_MASK         = 16;//window length > 0
 
   //PREAMBLE SIZE
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static boolean isCompressed(final MemorySegment seg) {
    * Do not change the order.
    *
    * <p>Note: NUM_SV has dual meanings: In sparse and hybrid flavors it is equivalent to
-   * numCoupons so it isn't stored separately. In pinned and sliding flavors is is the
+   * numCoupons so it isn't stored separately. In pinned and sliding flavors is the
    * numSV of the PairTable, which stores only surprising values.</p>
    */
   enum HiField { NUM_COUPONS, NUM_SV, KXP, HIP_ACCUM, SV_LENGTH_INTS, W_LENGTH_INTS, SV_STREAM,