diff --git a/dlls/d3dcompiler_43/hlsl.y b/dlls/d3dcompiler_43/hlsl.y
index 5691848a0e3..c9aa94c28bc 100644
--- a/dlls/d3dcompiler_43/hlsl.y
+++ b/dlls/d3dcompiler_43/hlsl.y
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ hlsl_prog:                /* empty */
 
 preproc_directive:        PRE_LINE STRING
                             {
-                                TRACE("Updating line informations to file %s, line %u\n", debugstr_a($2), $1);
+                                TRACE("Updating line information to file %s, line %u\n", debugstr_a($2), $1);
                                 hlsl_ctx.line_no = $1 - 1;
                                 d3dcompiler_free(hlsl_ctx.source_file);
                                 hlsl_ctx.source_file = $2;
diff --git a/dlls/d3drm/tests/d3drm.c b/dlls/d3drm/tests/d3drm.c
index 69aff86df64..0cc9c835697 100644
--- a/dlls/d3drm/tests/d3drm.c
+++ b/dlls/d3drm/tests/d3drm.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static void test_MeshBuilder(void)
     size = sizeof(name);
     hr = IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetName(pMeshBuilder, &size, name);
     ok(hr == D3DRM_OK, "IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetName returned hr = %x\n", hr);
-    ok(!strcmp(name, "Object"), "Retreived name '%s' instead of 'Object'\n", name);
+    ok(!strcmp(name, "Object"), "Retrieved name '%s' instead of 'Object'\n", name);
     size = strlen("Object"); /* No space for null character */
     hr = IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetName(pMeshBuilder, &size, name);
     ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetName returned hr = %x\n", hr);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void test_MeshBuilder(void)
     size = sizeof(name);
     hr = IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetName(pMeshBuilder, &size, name);
     ok(hr == D3DRM_OK, "IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetName returned hr = %x\n", hr);
-    ok(!strcmp(name, ""), "Retreived name '%s' instead of ''\n", name);
+    ok(!strcmp(name, ""), "Retrieved name '%s' instead of ''\n", name);
 
     val = IDirect3DRMMeshBuilder_GetVertexCount(pMeshBuilder);
     ok(val == 4, "Wrong number of vertices %d (must be 4)\n", val);
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/dde.c b/dlls/shell32/dde.c
index 144470bfae8..c44f05d3415 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/dde.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/dde.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static inline HDDEDATA Dde_OnRequest(UINT uFmt, HCONV hconv, HSZ hszTopic,
     {
         static BYTE groups_data[] = "\r\n";
         FIXME( "returning empty groups list\n" );
-	/* this is an workaround for an app wich expect some data
-	 * and cant handle NULL. */
+	/* This is a workaround for an application which expects some data
+	 * and cannot handle NULL. */
         return DdeCreateDataHandle( dwDDEInst, groups_data, sizeof(groups_data), 0, hszProgmanService, uFmt, 0 );
     }
     FIXME( "%u %p %s %s: stub\n", uFmt, hconv, debugstr_hsz(hszTopic), debugstr_hsz(hszItem) );
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shfldr_unixfs.c b/dlls/shell32/shfldr_unixfs.c
index b90fdfa63b3..3f9e57c04a5 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shfldr_unixfs.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shfldr_unixfs.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static char* UNIXFS_build_shitemid(char *pszUnixPath, BOOL bMustExist, WIN32_FIN
     FileStructW *pFileStructW;
     WORD uOffsetW, *pOffsetW;
 
-    TRACE("(pszUnixPath=%s, bMustExsist=%s, pFindData=%p, pIDL=%p)\n",
+    TRACE("(pszUnixPath=%s, bMustExist=%s, pFindData=%p, pIDL=%p)\n",
             debugstr_a(pszUnixPath), bMustExist ? "T" : "F", pFindData, pIDL);
 
     if (pFindData)
diff --git a/dlls/wineqtdecoder/qtsplitter.c b/dlls/wineqtdecoder/qtsplitter.c
index 9b94d7a8197..46ce23ebdc1 100644
--- a/dlls/wineqtdecoder/qtsplitter.c
+++ b/dlls/wineqtdecoder/qtsplitter.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI QTSplitter_loading_thread(LPVOID data)
         /* according to QA1469 a movie has to be fully loaded before we
            can reliably start the Extraction session.
 
-           If loaded earlier then we only get an extraction session for
+           If loaded earlier, then we only get an extraction session for
            the part of the movie that is loaded at that time.
 
             We are trying to load as much of the movie as we can before we