diff --git a/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c b/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c
index 3a900367065..b02fb699f6c 100644
--- a/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c
+++ b/dlls/gdi32/freetype.c
@@ -6563,7 +6563,7 @@ static BOOL get_outline_text_metrics(GdiFont *font)
         style_nameW = get_face_name( ft_face, TT_NAME_ID_FONT_SUBFAMILY, TT_MS_LANGID_ENGLISH_UNITED_STATES );
     if (!style_nameW)
     {
-        FIXME("failed to read sytle_nameW for font %s!\n", wine_dbgstr_w(font->name));
+        FIXME("failed to read style_nameW for font %s!\n", wine_dbgstr_w(font->name));
         lensty = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ft_face->style_name, -1, NULL, 0) * sizeof(WCHAR);
         style_nameW = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, lensty);
         MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ft_face->style_name, -1, style_nameW, lensty/sizeof(WCHAR));
diff --git a/dlls/iphlpapi/ipstats.c b/dlls/iphlpapi/ipstats.c
index a56e75348ac..a78424babbb 100644
--- a/dlls/iphlpapi/ipstats.c
+++ b/dlls/iphlpapi/ipstats.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI GetIcmpStatistics(PMIB_ICMP stats)
  *
  * PARAMS
  *  stats [Out] buffer for ICMP statistics
- *  family [In] specifies wether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
+ *  family [In] specifies whether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
  *
  * RETURNS
  *  Success: NO_ERROR
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI GetIcmpStatisticsEx(PMIB_ICMP_EX stats, DWORD family)
  *
  * PARAMS
  *  stats [Out] buffer for IP statistics
- *  family [In] specifies wether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
+ *  family [In] specifies whether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
  *
  * RETURNS
  *  Success: NO_ERROR
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI GetIpStatistics(PMIB_IPSTATS stats)
  *
  * PARAMS
  *  stats [Out] buffer for TCP statistics
- *  family [In] specifies wether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
+ *  family [In] specifies whether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
  *
  * RETURNS
  *  Success: NO_ERROR
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI GetTcpStatistics(PMIB_TCPSTATS stats)
  *
  * PARAMS
  *  stats [Out] buffer for UDP statistics
- *  family [In] specifies wether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
+ *  family [In] specifies whether IPv4 or IPv6 statistics are returned
  *
  * RETURNS
  *  Success: NO_ERROR
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/sync.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/sync.c
index 02c023ad2b5..7fdb63379df 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/sync.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/sync.c
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ static void test_condvars(void)
 
     ok(totalconsumed == totalproduced,
        "consumed %d != produced %d\n", totalconsumed, totalproduced);
-    ok (!condvar_sleeperr, "error occured during SleepConditionVariableCS\n");
+    ok (!condvar_sleeperr, "error occurred during SleepConditionVariableCS\n");
 
     /* Checking cnt1 - cnt2 for non-0 would be not good, the case where
      * one consumer does not get anything to do is possible. */
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shlexec.c b/dlls/shell32/shlexec.c
index a1599e49279..de6c0f93bdd 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shlexec.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shlexec.c
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ static BOOL SHELL_execute( LPSHELLEXECUTEINFOW sei, SHELL_ExecuteW32 execfunc )
     /* Check if file specified is in the form www.??????.*** */
     else if (!strncmpiW(lpFile, wWww, 3))
     {
-        /* if so, append lpFile http:// and call ShellExecute */
+        /* if so, prefix lpFile with http:// and call ShellExecute */
         WCHAR lpstrTmpFile[256];
         strcpyW(lpstrTmpFile, wHttp);
         strcatW(lpstrTmpFile, lpFile);
diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/tests/url.c b/dlls/shlwapi/tests/url.c
index 02dcb1cf6df..ee3adf681d7 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/tests/url.c
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/tests/url.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ static void test_UrlUnescape(void)
         ok(strcmp(szReturnUrl,TEST_URL_UNESCAPE[i].expect)==0, "Expected \"%s\", but got \"%s\" from \"%s\"\n", TEST_URL_UNESCAPE[i].expect, szReturnUrl, TEST_URL_UNESCAPE[i].url);
 
         ZeroMemory(szReturnUrl, sizeof(szReturnUrl));
-        /* if we set the bufferpointer to NULL here UrlUnescape  fails and string gets not converted */
+        /* if we set the buffer pointer to NULL here, UrlUnescape fails and the string is not converted */
         res = pUrlUnescapeA(TEST_URL_UNESCAPE[i].url, szReturnUrl, NULL, 0);
         ok(res == E_INVALIDARG,
             "UrlUnescapeA returned 0x%x (expected E_INVALIDARG) for \"%s\"\n",
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ static void test_UrlUnescape(void)
     ok(!strcmp(inplace, expected), "got %s expected %s\n", inplace, expected);
     ok(dwEscaped == 27, "got %d expected 27\n", dwEscaped);
 
-    /* if we set the bufferpointer to NULL, the string apparently still gets converted (Google Lively does this)) */
+    /* if we set the buffer pointer to NULL, the string apparently still gets converted (Google Lively does this) */
     res = pUrlUnescapeA(another_inplace, NULL, NULL, URL_UNESCAPE_INPLACE);
     ok(res == S_OK, "UrlUnescapeA returned 0x%x (expected S_OK)\n", res);
     ok(!strcmp(another_inplace, expected), "got %s expected %s\n", another_inplace, expected);
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ static void test_UrlUnescape(void)
         ok(res == S_OK, "UrlUnescapeW returned 0x%x (expected S_OK)\n", res);
         ok(dwEscaped == 50, "got %d expected 50\n", dwEscaped);
 
-        /* if we set the bufferpointer to NULL, the string apparently still gets converted (Google Lively does this)) */
+        /* if we set the buffer pointer to NULL, the string apparently still gets converted (Google Lively does this) */
         res = pUrlUnescapeW(another_inplaceW, NULL, NULL, URL_UNESCAPE_INPLACE);
         ok(res == S_OK, "UrlUnescapeW returned 0x%x (expected S_OK)\n", res);
 
diff --git a/dlls/wininet/urlcache.c b/dlls/wininet/urlcache.c
index fa0c96f2624..45f447fd2e1 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/urlcache.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/urlcache.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ static DWORD urlcache_rate_entry(URL_CACHEFILE_ENTRY *url_entry, FILETIME *cur_t
     time.u.LowPart = cur_time->dwLowDateTime;
     time.u.HighPart = cur_time->dwHighDateTime;
 
-    /* Don't touch entries that were added less then 10 minutes ago */
+    /* Don't touch entries that were added less than 10 minutes ago */
     if(time.QuadPart < access_time.QuadPart + (ULONGLONG)10*60*FILETIME_SECOND)
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd b/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd
index 77086ed37bf..42507ce06f8 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd
+++ b/programs/cmd/tests/test_builtins.cmd
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ echo --- basic wildcards
 for %%i in (ba*) do echo %%i
 echo --- for /d
 for /d %%i in (baz foo bar) do echo %%i 2>&1
-rem Confirm we dont match files:
+rem Confirm we don't match files:
 for /d %%i in (bazb*) do echo %%i 2>&1
 for /d %%i in (bazb2*) do echo %%i 2>&1
 rem Show we pass through non wildcards