diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/ContainingScopeStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/ContainingScopeStage.ts
index 1cfa2b39be..2c3f34108b 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/ContainingScopeStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/ContainingScopeStage.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class ContainingScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
   run(target: Target): Target[] {
     const { scopeType, ancestorIndex = 0 } = this.modifier;
 
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeType,
       target.editor.document.languageId,
     );
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts
index 32252be996..cde16de7dd 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/EveryScopeStage.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class EveryScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
     const { scopeType } = this.modifier;
     const { editor, isReversed } = target;
 
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeType,
       editor.document.languageId,
     );
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class EveryScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
     scopeHandlerFactory: ScopeHandlerFactory,
     target: Target,
   ): Range[] {
-    const iterationScopeHandler = scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const iterationScopeHandler = scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeHandler.iterationScopeType,
       target.editor.document.languageId,
     );
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts
index 2ad109e072..3d91160e12 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class RelativeScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
   ) {}
 
   run(target: Target): Target[] {
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       this.modifier.scopeType,
       target.editor.document.languageId,
     );
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactory.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactory.ts
index 977332839a..b50cfac4f3 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactory.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { ScopeType } from "@cursorless/common";
 import type { CustomScopeType, ScopeHandler } from "./scopeHandler.types";
 
 export interface ScopeHandlerFactory {
-  tryCreate(
+  maybeCreate(
     scopeType: ScopeType | CustomScopeType,
     languageId: string,
   ): ScopeHandler | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactoryImpl.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactoryImpl.ts
index ac121d4cd6..17b7f9c129 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactoryImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/ScopeHandlerFactoryImpl.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ import type { CustomScopeType, ScopeHandler } from "./scopeHandler.types";
  */
 export class ScopeHandlerFactoryImpl implements ScopeHandlerFactory {
   constructor(private languageDefinitions: LanguageDefinitions) {
-    this.tryCreate = this.tryCreate.bind(this);
+    this.maybeCreate = this.maybeCreate.bind(this);
     this.create = this.create.bind(this);
   }
 
-  tryCreate(
+  maybeCreate(
     scopeType: ScopeType | CustomScopeType,
     languageId: string,
   ): ScopeHandler | undefined {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class ScopeHandlerFactoryImpl implements ScopeHandlerFactory {
     scopeType: ScopeType | CustomScopeType,
     languageId: string,
   ): ScopeHandler {
-    const handler = this.tryCreate(scopeType, languageId);
+    const handler = this.maybeCreate(scopeType, languageId);
     if (handler == null) {
       throw new Error(`Couldn't create scope handler for '${scopeType.type}'`);
     }
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeRangeProvider.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeRangeProvider.ts
index 15002defc3..5ae8efc6b0 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeRangeProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeRangeProvider.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ScopeRangeProvider {
     editor: TextEditor,
     { scopeType, visibleOnly }: ScopeRangeConfig,
   ): ScopeRanges[] {
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeType,
       editor.document.languageId,
     );
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class ScopeRangeProvider {
     { scopeType, visibleOnly, includeNestedTargets }: IterationScopeRangeConfig,
   ): IterationScopeRanges[] {
     const { languageId } = editor.document;
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeType,
       languageId,
     );
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class ScopeRangeProvider {
       return [];
     }
 
-    const iterationScopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const iterationScopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeHandler.iterationScopeType,
       languageId,
     );
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeSupportChecker.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeSupportChecker.ts
index c1d812948d..d2b9e8345f 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeSupportChecker.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/scopeProviders/ScopeSupportChecker.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ScopeSupportChecker {
    */
   getScopeSupport(editor: TextEditor, scopeType: ScopeType): ScopeSupport {
     const { languageId } = editor.document;
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeType,
       languageId,
     );
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class ScopeSupportChecker {
     scopeType: ScopeType,
   ): ScopeSupport {
     const { languageId } = editor.document;
-    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const scopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeType,
       languageId,
     );
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class ScopeSupportChecker {
       return getLegacyScopeSupport(languageId, scopeType);
     }
 
-    const iterationScopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.tryCreate(
+    const iterationScopeHandler = this.scopeHandlerFactory.maybeCreate(
       scopeHandler.iterationScopeType,
       languageId,
     );