diff --git a/src/VisVim/OleAut.cpp b/src/VisVim/OleAut.cpp
index 0e01b1e..f96b03d 100644
--- a/src/VisVim/OleAut.cpp
+++ b/src/VisVim/OleAut.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 // Return the dispatch id of a named service
 // This id can be used in subsequent calls to GetProperty (), SetProperty () and
-// Method (). This is the prefered method when performance is important.
+// Method (). This is the preferred method when performance is important.
 //
 DISPID COleAutomationControl::GetDispatchId (char* Name)
 {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 //  Name      Name of property or method.
 //
 //  Format    Format string that describes the variable list of parameters that
-//	      follows. The format string can contain the follwoing characters.
+//	      follows. The format string can contain the following characters.
 //	      & = mark the following format character as VT_BYREF
 //	      B = VT_BOOL
 //	      i = VT_I2
diff --git a/src/gui_gtk_f.c b/src/gui_gtk_f.c
index 4a5edf1..a19d69a 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk_f.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk_f.c
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
  * (C) 2002,2003  Jason Hildebrand  <jason@peaceworks.ca>
  *		  Daniel Elstner  <daniel.elstner@gmx.net>
  *
- * This is a special purspose container widget, which manages arbitrary childs
- * at arbitrary positions width arbitrary sizes.  This finally puts an end on
- * our resizement problems with which we where struggling for such a long time.
+ * This is a special purpose container widget, which manages arbitrary
+ * children at arbitrary positions width arbitrary sizes.  This finally puts
+ * an end on our resize problems with which we where struggling for such a
+ * long time.
  */
 
 #include "vim.h"
diff --git a/src/gui_motif.c b/src/gui_motif.c
index e29dd2a..87a8e42 100644
--- a/src/gui_motif.c
+++ b/src/gui_motif.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
 {
     XmString	label;
 
-    /* Add accelrator text, if there is one */
+    /* Add accelerator text, if there is one */
     if (menu->actext != NULL && menu->id != (Widget)0)
     {
 	label = XmStringCreate((char *)menu->actext, STRING_TAG);
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@
     label = XmCreateLabelGadget(parent, name, args, arg);
 
     /*
-     * We need to be carefull here, since in case of gadgets, there is
+     * We need to be careful here, since in case of gadgets, there is
      * no way to get the background color directly from the widget itself.
      * In such cases we get it from The Core part of his parent instead.
      */