diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f78bbaded61..33a4ca9fbed 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3549,7 +3549,7 @@ if test "x$enable_dbusproxy" != "xno"; then :
 
 fi
 
-# overlayfs features temporarely disabled pending fixes
+# overlayfs features temporarily disabled pending fixes
 HAVE_OVERLAYFS=""
 
 #
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7879a523972..5fde6d40269 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_dbusproxy" != "xno"], [
 	AC_SUBST(HAVE_DBUSPROXY)
 ])
 
-# overlayfs features temporarely disabled pending fixes
+# overlayfs features temporarily disabled pending fixes
 HAVE_OVERLAYFS=""
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_OVERLAYFS)
 #
diff --git a/contrib/fix_private-bin.py b/contrib/fix_private-bin.py
index 12b5967499e..961646aa4e7 100755
--- a/contrib/fix_private-bin.py
+++ b/contrib/fix_private-bin.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def printHelp():
 
 
 def main() -> None:
-    """The main function. Parses the commandline args, shows messages and calles the function actually doing the work."""
+    """The main function. Parses the commandline args, shows messages and calls the function actually doing the work."""
     if len(sys.argv) > 2 or (len(sys.argv) == 2 and
                              (sys.argv[1] == "-h" or sys.argv[1] == "--help")):
         printHelp()
diff --git a/contrib/sort.py b/contrib/sort.py
index d7a2cd05d87..4af9c674c6a 100755
--- a/contrib/sort.py
+++ b/contrib/sort.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def sort_alphabetical(raw_items):
 
 
 def sort_protocol(protocols):
-    """sort the given protocole into this scheme: unix,inet,inet6,netlink,packet,bluetooth"""
+    """sort the given protocols into this scheme: unix,inet,inet6,netlink,packet,bluetooth"""
 
     # shortcut for common protocol lines
     if protocols in ("unix", "unix,inet,inet6"):
diff --git a/etc/firejail.config b/etc/firejail.config
index 2e355586b0a..aec152b8587 100644
--- a/etc/firejail.config
+++ b/etc/firejail.config
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 # a file argument, the default filter is hardcoded (see man 1 firejail). This
 # configuration entry allows the user to change the default by specifying
 # a file containing the filter configuration. The filter file format is the
-# format of  iptables-save  and iptable-restore commands. Example:
+# format of iptables-save and iptables-restore commands. Example:
 # netfilter-default /etc/iptables.iptables.rules
 
 # Enable or disable networking features, default enabled.
diff --git a/etc/profile-a-l/eog.profile b/etc/profile-a-l/eog.profile
index 5892374bd15..65e5c6e69d9 100644
--- a/etc/profile-a-l/eog.profile
+++ b/etc/profile-a-l/eog.profile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ whitelist /usr/share/eog
 
 private-bin eog
 
-# broken on Debian 10 (buster) running LXDE got the folowing error:
+# broken on Debian 10 (buster) running LXDE got the following error:
 # Failed to register: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
 #dbus-user filter
 #dbus-user.own org.gnome.eog
diff --git a/etc/profile-m-z/mpv.profile b/etc/profile-m-z/mpv.profile
index fa433b6728d..74402a8de52 100644
--- a/etc/profile-m-z/mpv.profile
+++ b/etc/profile-m-z/mpv.profile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include globals.local
 # edit ~/.config/mpv/foobar.conf:
 #    screenshot-directory=~/Pictures
 
-# Mpv has a powerfull lua-API, some off these lua-scripts interact
+# Mpv has a powerful lua-API, some off these lua-scripts interact
 # with external resources which are blocked by firejail. In such cases
 # you need to allow these resources by
 #  - adding additional binaries to private-bin
diff --git a/etc/profile-m-z/softmaker-common.profile b/etc/profile-m-z/softmaker-common.profile
index ebdd5c1f85c..47468a53110 100644
--- a/etc/profile-m-z/softmaker-common.profile
+++ b/etc/profile-m-z/softmaker-common.profile
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ include softmaker-common.local
 # added by caller profile
 #include globals.local
 
-# The offical packages install the desktop file under /usr/local/share/applications
-# with an absolute Exec line. These files are NOT handelt by firecfg,
-# therefore you must manualy copy them in you home and remove '/usr/bin/'.
+# The official packages install the desktop file under /usr/local/share/applications
+# with an absolute Exec line. These files are NOT handled by firecfg,
+# therefore you must manually copy them in you home and remove '/usr/bin/'.
 
 noblacklist ${HOME}/SoftMaker
 
diff --git a/etc/templates/profile.template b/etc/templates/profile.template
index e580a0c0ceb..7628313e075 100644
--- a/etc/templates/profile.template
+++ b/etc/templates/profile.template
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ include globals.local
 
 # Since 0.9.63 also a more granular control of dbus is supported.
 # To get the dbus-addresses an application needs access to you can
-# check with flatpak (when the application is distriputed that way):
+# check with flatpak (when the application is distributed that way):
 #    flatpak remote-info --show-metadata flathub <APP-ID>
 # Notes:
 #  - flatpak implicitly allows an app to own <APP-ID> on the session bus
diff --git a/src/firejail/fs.c b/src/firejail/fs.c
index 5ac2da16412..dd4c2139d85 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void disable_file(OPERATION op, const char *filename) {
 	}
 
 	// check for firejail executable
-	// we migth have a file found in ${PATH} pointing to /usr/bin/firejail
+	// we might have a file found in ${PATH} pointing to /usr/bin/firejail
 	// blacklisting it here will end up breaking situations like user clicks on a link in Thunderbird
 	//     and expects Firefox to open in the same sandbox
 	if (strcmp(BINDIR "/firejail", fname) == 0) {
diff --git a/src/firejail/profile.c b/src/firejail/profile.c
index b7c7185a60a..059100fcb99 100644
--- a/src/firejail/profile.c
+++ b/src/firejail/profile.c
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ char *profile_list_compress(char *list)
 			/* Include non-empty item */
 			if (!*item)
 				in[i] = 0;
-			/* Remove all allready included items */
+			/* Remove all already included items */
 			for (k = 0; k < i; ++k)
 				in[k] = 0;
 			break;
diff --git a/src/man/firejail-profile.txt b/src/man/firejail-profile.txt
index d0d3c25e83b..a768829a167 100644
--- a/src/man/firejail-profile.txt
+++ b/src/man/firejail-profile.txt
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ Allow the application to see but not talk to the name org.freedesktop.Notificati
 Allow the application to call methods of the interface org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object exposed at the path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the client owning the bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on the system DBus.
 .TP
 \fBdbus-system.broadcast org.freedesktop.Notifications=org.freedesktop.Notifications.*@/org/freedesktop/Notifications
-Allow the application to receive broadcast signals from the the interface org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object exposed at the path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the client owning the bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on the system DBus.
+Allow the application to receive broadcast signals from the interface org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object exposed at the path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the client owning the bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on the system DBus.
 .TP
 \fBdbus-user filter
 Enable filtered access to the session DBus. Filters can be specified with the dbus-user.talk and dbus-user.own commands.