diff --git a/dlls/comctl32/listview.c b/dlls/comctl32/listview.c
index 0fc2d05..a399576 100644
--- a/dlls/comctl32/listview.c
+++ b/dlls/comctl32/listview.c
@@ -5138,7 +5138,7 @@
  *
  * NOTE:
  *   This is the internal 'GetItem' interface -- it tries to
- *   be smart, and avoids text copies, if possible, by modifing
+ *   be smart and avoid text copies, if possible, by modifying
  *   lpLVItem->pszText to point to the text string. Please note
  *   that this is not always possible (e.g. OWNERDATA), so on
  *   entry you *must* supply valid values for pszText, and cchTextMax.
diff --git a/dlls/dxerr8/errors.awk b/dlls/dxerr8/errors.awk
index a9c8790..0a78537 100644
--- a/dlls/dxerr8/errors.awk
+++ b/dlls/dxerr8/errors.awk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	if (NF > 0 && length(array[1]) > 0) {
 		lines++
 
-		# save the first word (or '&' seperated list of words) in the names array
+		# save the first word (or '&' separated list of words) in the names array
 		if (array[2] == "&") {
 			if (array[4] == "&") {
 				names[lines] = array[1] " " array[2] " " array[3] " " array[4] " " array[5]
diff --git a/dlls/dxerr9/errors.awk b/dlls/dxerr9/errors.awk
index a9c8790..0a78537 100644
--- a/dlls/dxerr9/errors.awk
+++ b/dlls/dxerr9/errors.awk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	if (NF > 0 && length(array[1]) > 0) {
 		lines++
 
-		# save the first word (or '&' seperated list of words) in the names array
+		# save the first word (or '&' separated list of words) in the names array
 		if (array[2] == "&") {
 			if (array[4] == "&") {
 				names[lines] = array[1] " " array[2] " " array[3] " " array[4] " " array[5]
diff --git a/dlls/msi/package.c b/dlls/msi/package.c
index 16a2608..1a55db6 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/package.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/package.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
     if (!szName)
         return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
 
-    /* this one is wierd... */
+    /* this one is weird... */
     if (!szName[0])
         return szValue ? ERROR_FUNCTION_FAILED : ERROR_SUCCESS;
 
diff --git a/dlls/msi/tests/package.c b/dlls/msi/tests/package.c
index d6e9bb42..24c11b0 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/tests/package.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/tests/package.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
     r = MsiGetProperty( hpkg, "boo", buffer, NULL );
     ok( r == ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "wrong return val\n");
 
-    /* test retrieving an empty/non-existant property */
+    /* test retrieving an empty/nonexistent property */
     sz = sizeof buffer;
     r = MsiGetProperty( hpkg, "boo", NULL, &sz );
     ok( r == ERROR_SUCCESS, "wrong return val\n");
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
index ce55145..c3b054c 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     ok( r == S_FALSE, "loadXML failed\n");
     ok( b == VARIANT_FALSE, "failed to load XML string\n");
 
-    /* try to load an document from an non-existent file */
+    /* try to load a document from a nonexistent file */
     b = VARIANT_TRUE;
     str = SysAllocString( szNonExistentFile );
     VariantInit(&var);
diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/olepicture.c b/dlls/oleaut32/olepicture.c
index f4c489a..3420bdd 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/olepicture.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/olepicture.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@
       }
   }
 
-  if (statfailed) { /* we dont know the size ... read all we get */
+  if (statfailed) { /* we don't know the size ... read all we get */
       int sizeinc = 4096;
       int origsize = sizeinc;
       ULONG nread = 42;
diff --git a/dlls/secur32/dispatcher.c b/dlls/secur32/dispatcher.c
index 4afa38b..66f9c6f 100644
--- a/dlls/secur32/dispatcher.c
+++ b/dlls/secur32/dispatcher.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
         return sec_status;
     }
     
-    TRACE("In helper: recieved %s\n", debugstr_a(helper->com_buf));
+    TRACE("In helper: received %s\n", debugstr_a(helper->com_buf));
     *buflen = lstrlenA(helper->com_buf);
 
     if( *buflen > max_buflen)
diff --git a/dlls/user/exticon.c b/dlls/user/exticon.c
index c534385..ad37611 100644
--- a/dlls/user/exticon.c
+++ b/dlls/user/exticon.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     /* If we didn't already start extracting icons (cIter == 0), we look if the current
      * icon is the one we should start with. That's the case if nBaseIndex is negative and
      * it's absolute value matches the current icon's identifier. Or if nBaseIndex is positive
-     * and we already ommited the first nBaseIndex icons. */
+     * and we already omitted the first nBaseIndex icons. */
     if (pState->cIter == 0) {
         if (pState->nBaseIndex < 0) {
             if (!IS_INTRESOURCE(pwszName) || idCurrent != -pState->nBaseIndex) {
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/directx.c b/dlls/wined3d/directx.c
index 4c39685..1c78c90 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/directx.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/directx.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@
     break;
   }
   return FALSE;
-#else /* Most of the time performance is less of an issue than compatability, this code allows for most common opengl/d3d formats */
+#else /* Most of the time performance is less of an issue than compatibility, this code allows for most common opengl/d3d formats */
 switch (Format) {
   case WINED3DFMT_X8R8G8B8:
   case WINED3DFMT_R8G8B8:
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@
     break;
   }
   return FALSE;
-#else /* Most of the time performance is less of an issue than compatability, this code allows for most common opengl/d3d formats */
+#else /* Most of the time performance is less of an issue than compatibility, this code allows for most common opengl/d3d formats */
   switch (Format) {
   case WINED3DFMT_D16:
   case WINED3DFMT_D16_LOCKABLE:
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/surface.c b/dlls/wined3d/surface.c
index 972829b..406c03b 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/surface.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/surface.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
         /****************************
         * TODO: Render targets are 'special' and
         * ?some? locking needs to be passed onto the context manager
-        * so that it becomes possible to use auxilary buffers, pbuffers
+        * so that it becomes possible to use auxiliary buffers, pbuffers
         * render-to-texture, shared, cached contexts etc...
         * ****************************/
         IWineD3DSwapChainImpl *implSwapChain;
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@
     DWORD color;
     /*FIXME:
     Textures my not be stored in ->allocatedgMemory and a GlTexture
-    so we should lock the surface before saving a snapshot, or atleast check that
+    so we should lock the surface before saving a snapshot, or at least check that
     */
     /* TODO: Compressed texture images can be obtained from the GL in uncompressed form
     by calling GetTexImage and in compressed form by calling
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@
     IWineD3DSurface_GetContainer(iface, &IID_IWineD3DSwapChain, (void **)&swapChain);
 
     if (swapChain || This->inPBuffer) { /* if were not a real texture then read the back buffer into a real texture*/
-/* we don't want to interfere with the back buffer so read the data into a tempory texture and then save the data out of the tempory texture */
+/* we don't want to interfere with the back buffer so read the data into a temporary texture and then save the data out of the temporary texture */
         GLint prevRead;
         ENTER_GL();
         FIXME("(%p) This surface needs to be locked before a snapshot can be taken\n", This);
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/vertexshader.c b/dlls/wined3d/vertexshader.c
index 6927a38..bdd8bf1 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/vertexshader.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/vertexshader.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
         RCP tmp, vec
         MUL out, tmp, vec*/
     {D3DSIO_SGN,      "sng",      NULL,   2, vshader_sng,     0, 0},
-    /* TODO: xyz normalise can be performed is VS_ARB using one tempory register,
+    /* TODO: xyz normalise can be performed is VS_ARB using one temporary register,
         DP3 tmp , vec, vec;
         RSQ tmp, tmp.x;
         MUL vec.xyz, vec, tmp;
diff --git a/dlls/winmm/wineoss/mmaux.c b/dlls/winmm/wineoss/mmaux.c
index 8e92ec6..4406634 100644
--- a/dlls/winmm/wineoss/mmaux.c
+++ b/dlls/winmm/wineoss/mmaux.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Sample AUXILARY Wine Driver
+ * Sample AUXILIARY Wine Driver
  *
  * Copyright 1994 Martin Ayotte
  *
diff --git a/tools/sfnt2fnt.c b/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
index 9d1695e..974f222 100644
--- a/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
+++ b/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s needs to be built with Freetype support\n", argv[0] );
+    fprintf( stderr, "%s needs to be built with FreeType support\n", argv[0] );
     exit(1);
 }