diff --git a/runtime/syntax/8th.vim b/runtime/syntax/8th.vim
index ce27d10..643c9cb 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/8th.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/8th.vim
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 if !exists("did_eighth_syntax_inits")
     let did_eighth_syntax_inits=1
 
-    " The default methods for highlighting. Can be overriden later.
+    " The default methods for highlighting. Can be overridden later.
     hi def link eighthTodo Todo
     hi def link eighthOperators Operator
     hi def link eighthMath Number
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/a65.vim b/runtime/syntax/a65.vim
index b232e82..6445b94 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/a65.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/a65.vim
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 " Strings
 syn match a65String	"\".*\""
 
-" Programm Counter
+" Program Counter
 syn region a65PC	start="\*=" end="\>" keepend
 
 " HI/LO Byte
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim b/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim
index 5a64bdb..9925ba5 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/chaiscript.vim
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 " Intentionally leaving out all of the normal, well known operators
 syn match   chaiscriptOperator     "\.\."
 
-" Guard seperator as an operator
+" Guard separator as an operator
 syn match   chaiscriptOperator     ":"
 
 " Comments
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/euphoria4.vim b/runtime/syntax/euphoria4.vim
index 5e668a7..baa0e8e 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/euphoria4.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/euphoria4.vim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 " Keywords for conditional compilation - from $EUDIR/include/euphoria/keywords.e:
 syn keyword euphoria4PreProc	elsedef elsifdef ifdef 
 
-" Keywords (Statments) - from $EUDIR/include/euphoria/keywords.e:
+" Keywords (Statements) - from $EUDIR/include/euphoria/keywords.e:
 syn keyword euphoria4Keyword	and as break by case constant continue do else     
 syn keyword euphoria4Keyword	elsif end entry enum exit export
 syn keyword euphoria4Keyword	fallthru for function global goto if include
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/flexwiki.vim b/runtime/syntax/flexwiki.vim
index 6b15ab2..3b5f7ff 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/flexwiki.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/flexwiki.vim
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
 " Aggregate all the regular text highlighting into flexwikiText
 syntax cluster flexwikiText contains=flexwikiItalic,flexwikiBold,flexwikiCode,flexwikiDeEmphasis,flexwikiDelText,flexwikiInsText,flexwikiSuperScript,flexwikiSubScript,flexwikiCitation,flexwikiLink,flexwikiWord,flexwikiEmoticons
 
-" single-line WikiPropertys
+" single-line WikiProperties
 syntax match flexwikiSingleLineProperty /^:\?[A-Z_][_a-zA-Z0-9]\+:/
 
-" TODO: multi-line WikiPropertys
+" TODO: multi-line WikiProperties
 
 " Header levels, 1-6
 syntax match flexwikiH1             /^!.*$/
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/gdb.vim b/runtime/syntax/gdb.vim
index c820ba4..c15b96d 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/gdb.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/gdb.vim
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 syn keyword gdbStatement contained stop target tbreak tdump tfind thbreak thread tp trace tstart tstatus tstop
 syn keyword gdbStatement contained tty und[isplay] unset until up watch whatis where while ws x
 syn match gdbFuncDef "\<define\>.*"
-syn match gdbStatmentContainer "^\s*\S\+" contains=gdbStatement,gdbFuncDef
+syn match gdbStatementContainer "^\s*\S\+" contains=gdbStatement,gdbFuncDef
 syn match gdbStatement "^\s*info" nextgroup=gdbInfo skipwhite skipempty
 
 " some commonly used abbreviations
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/groovy.vim b/runtime/syntax/groovy.vim
index 41495e6..e48279b 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/groovy.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/groovy.vim
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 
 " Mark these as operators
 
-" Hightlight brackets
+" Highlight brackets
 " syn match  groovyBraces		"[{}]"
 " syn match  groovyBraces		"[\[\]]"
 " syn match  groovyBraces		"[\|]"
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/lite.vim b/runtime/syntax/lite.vim
index a8d2689..f6e41e7 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/lite.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/lite.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 " Email:	Subject: send syntax_vim.tgz
 " Last Change:	2001 Mai 01
 "
-" Options	lite_sql_query = 1 for SQL syntax highligthing inside strings
+" Options	lite_sql_query = 1 for SQL syntax highlighting inside strings
 "		lite_minlines = x     to sync at least x lines backwards
 
 " quit when a syntax file was already loaded
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/logtalk.vim b/runtime/syntax/logtalk.vim
index a7fe9ce..bc70ef4 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/logtalk.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/logtalk.vim
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
 syn match	logtalkKeyword		"\<ceiling\ze("
 
 
-" Other arithemtic functors
+" Other arithmetic functors
 
 syn match	logtalkOperator		"\*\*"
 syn match	logtalkKeyword		"\<s\(in\|qrt\)\ze("
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/lss.vim b/runtime/syntax/lss.vim
index 6ee717b..eceaf75 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/lss.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/lss.vim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 endif
 
 " This setup is probably atypical for a syntax highlighting file, because
-" most of it is not really intended to be overrideable.  Instead, the
+" most of it is not really intended to be overridable.  Instead, the
 " highlighting is supposed to correspond to the highlighting specified by
 " the .lss file entries themselves; ie. the "bold" keyword should be bold,
 " the "red" keyword should be red, and so forth.  The exceptions to this
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/pymanifest.vim b/runtime/syntax/pymanifest.vim
index 54295c4..26bdf79 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/pymanifest.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/pymanifest.vim
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 " Commands
 syn keyword pymanifestCommand
             \ include exclude
-            \ recursive-include resursive-exclude
+            \ recursive-include recursive-exclude
             \ global-include global-exclude
             \ graft prune
 
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/rmd.vim b/runtime/syntax/rmd.vim
index f849af9..0eab0e6 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/rmd.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/rmd.vim
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     syn match  yamlEscape contained '\\\%([\\"abefnrtv\^0_ NLP\n]\|x\x\x\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)'
     syn match  yamlSingleEscape contained "''"
     syn match yamlComment /#.*/ contained
-    " A second colon is a syntax error, unles within a string or following !expr
+    " A second colon is a syntax error, unless within a string or following !expr
     syn match yamlColonError /:\s*[^'^"^!]*:/ contained
     if &filetype == 'quarto'
       syn region pandocYAMLHeader matchgroup=rmdYamlBlockDelim start=/\%(\%^\|\_^\s*\n\)\@<=\_^-\{3}\ze\n.\+/ end=/^---$/ keepend contains=rmdYamlFieldTtl,yamlFlowString,yamlComment,yamlColonError
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sgml.vim b/runtime/syntax/sgml.vim
index 00d58d1..ed8fa8c 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sgml.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sgml.vim
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 hi def link sgmlTodo			Todo
 hi def link sgmlTag			Function
 hi def link sgmlEndTag			Identifier
-" SGML specifig
+" SGML specific
 hi def link sgmlAbbrEndTag		Identifier
 hi def link sgmlEmptyTag		Function
 hi def link sgmlEntity			Statement
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/slrnrc.vim b/runtime/syntax/slrnrc.vim
index cf0734a..004bdd1 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/slrnrc.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/slrnrc.vim
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 syn keyword slrnrcColorVal	contained default
 syn keyword slrnrcColorVal	contained black blue brightblue brightcyan brightgreen brightmagenta brightred brown cyan gray green lightgray magenta red white yellow
 syn region  slrnrcColorValStr	contained matchgroup=slrnrcColorVal start=+"+ end=+"+ oneline contains=slrnrcColorVal,slrnrcSpaceError
-" Mathcing a function with three arguments
+" Matching a function with three arguments
 syn keyword slrnrcColor		contained color
 syn match   slrnrcColorInit	contained "^\s*color\s\+\S\+" skipwhite nextgroup=slrnrcColorVal\(Str\)\= contains=slrnrcColor\(Obj\|ObjStr\)\=
 syn match   slrnrcColorLine	"^\s*color\s\+\S\+\s\+\S\+" skipwhite nextgroup=slrnrcColorVal\(Str\)\= contains=slrnrcColor\(Init\|Val\|ValStr\)
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/spec.vim b/runtime/syntax/spec.vim
index d7d5877..aed04bc 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/spec.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/spec.vim
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 syn match specListedFilesShare  contained '/share/'me=e-1
 syn cluster specListedFiles contains=specListedFilesBin,specListedFilesLib,specListedFilesDoc,specListedFilesEtc,specListedFilesShare,specListedFilesPrefix,specVariables,specSpecialChar
 
-"specComands
+"specCommands
 syn match   specConfigure  contained '\./configure'
 syn match   specTarCommand contained '\<tar\s\+[cxvpzIf]\{,5}\s*'
 syn keyword specCommandSpecial contained root
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 "TODO %config valid parameters: missingok\|noreplace
 "TODO %verify valid parameters: \(not\)\= \(md5\|atime\|...\)
 syn region specFilesArea matchgroup=specSection start='^%[Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee][Ss]\>' skip='%\(attrib\|defattr\|attr\|dir\|config\|docdir\|doc\|lang\|license\|verify\|ghost\|exclude\)\>' end='^%[a-zA-Z]'me=e-2 contains=specFilesOpts,specFilesDirective,@specListedFiles,specComment,specCommandSpecial,specMacroIdentifier
-"tip: remember to include new itens in specFilesArea above
+"tip: remember to include new items in specFilesArea above
 syn match  specFilesDirective contained '%\(attrib\|defattr\|attr\|dir\|config\|docdir\|doc\|lang\|license\|verify\|ghost\|exclude\)\>'
 
 "valid options for certain section headers
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sqlinformix.vim b/runtime/syntax/sqlinformix.vim
index e01912b..71418c5 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sqlinformix.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sqlinformix.vim
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 hi def link sqlBoolean	Boolean
 hi def link sqlString	String
 
-" === Statment syntax group ===
+" === Statement syntax group ===
 hi def link sqlStatement	Statement
 hi def link sqlConditional	Conditional
 hi def link sqlRepeat		Repeat
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sqlj.vim b/runtime/syntax/sqlj.vim
index c901145..fd0f8f3 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sqlj.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sqlj.vim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 " Read the Java syntax to start with
 source <sfile>:p:h/java.vim
 
-" SQLJ extentions
+" SQLJ extensions
 " The SQL reserved words, defined as keywords.
 
 syn case ignore
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/squid.vim b/runtime/syntax/squid.vim
index a8abd18..186be91 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/squid.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/squid.vim
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 syn keyword	squidConf	cache_host_domain cache_log cache_mem
 syn keyword	squidConf	cache_mem_high cache_mem_low cache_mgr
 syn keyword	squidConf	cachemgr_passwd cache_peer cache_peer_access
-syn keyword	squidConf	cahce_replacement_policy cache_stoplist
+syn keyword	squidConf	cache_replacement_policy cache_stoplist
 syn keyword	squidConf	cache_stoplist_pattern cache_store_log cache_swap
 syn keyword	squidConf	cache_swap_high cache_swap_log cache_swap_low
 syn keyword	squidConf	client_db client_lifetime client_netmask
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/tasm.vim b/runtime/syntax/tasm.vim
index 1d6e570..b8b5e69 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/tasm.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/tasm.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language: TASM: turbo assembler by Borland
-" Maintaner: FooLman of United Force <foolman@bigfoot.com>
+" Maintainer: FooLman of United Force <foolman@bigfoot.com>
 " Last Change: 2012 Feb 03 by Thilo Six, and 2018 Nov 27.
 
 " quit when a syntax file was already loaded
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/tf.vim b/runtime/syntax/tf.vim
index 47775b8..df6adcf 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/tf.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/tf.vim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 syn keyword tfVar  emulation end_color gag gethostbyname gpri hook hilite  contained
 syn keyword tfVar  hiliteattr histsize hpri insert isize istrip kecho  contained
 syn keyword tfVar  kprefix login lp lpquote maildelay matching max_iter  contained
-syn keyword tfVar  max_recur mecho more mprefix oldslash promt_sec  contained
+syn keyword tfVar  max_recur mecho more mprefix oldslash prompt_sec  contained
 syn keyword tfVar  prompt_usec proxy_host proxy_port ptime qecho qprefix  contained
 syn keyword tfVar  quite quitdone redef refreshtime scroll shpause snarf sockmload  contained
 syn keyword tfVar  start_color tabsize telopt sub time_format visual  contained
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/tsalt.vim b/runtime/syntax/tsalt.vim
index 8dd2a24..6f74ad2 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/tsalt.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/tsalt.vim
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@
 syn keyword tsaltFunction	vPutChrsA vRstrArea vSaveArea
 
 " Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Operations
-syn keyword tsaltFunction	DDEExecute DDEInitate DDEPoke DDERequest
+syn keyword tsaltFunction	DDEExecute DDEInitiate DDEPoke DDERequest
 syn keyword tsaltFunction	DDETerminate DDETerminateAll
 "END FUNCTIONS
 
-"PREDEFINED VARAIABLES
+"PREDEFINED VARIABLES
 syn keyword tsaltSysVar	_add_lf _alarm_on _answerback_str _asc_rcrtrans
 syn keyword tsaltSysVar	_asc_remabort _asc_rlftrans _asc_scpacing
 syn keyword tsaltSysVar	_asc_scrtrans _asc_secho _asc_slpacing
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 syn keyword tsaltSysVar	_strip_high _swap_bs _telix_dir _up_dir
 syn keyword tsaltSysVar	_usage_fname _zmodauto _zmod_rcrash
 syn keyword tsaltSysVar	_zmod_scrash
-"END PREDEFINED VARAIABLES
+"END PREDEFINED VARIABLES
 
 "TYPE
 syn keyword tsaltType	str int