diff --git a/programs/taskmgr/graphctl.c b/programs/taskmgr/graphctl.c
index c5395d50124..8984784e3be 100644
--- a/programs/taskmgr/graphctl.c
+++ b/programs/taskmgr/graphctl.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void GraphCtrl_Init(TGraphCtrl* this)
      * we need a starting point (i.e. a "previous" point)
      * use 0.0 as the default first point.
      * these are public member variables, and can be changed outside
-     * (after construction).  Therefore m_perviousPosition could be set to
+     * (after construction).  Therefore m_dPreviousPosition could be set to
      * a more appropriate value prior to the first call to SetPosition.
      */
     this->m_dPreviousPosition[0] = 0.0;
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static void GraphCtrl_Init(TGraphCtrl* this)
     this->m_nYDecimals = 3;
 
     /*  set some initial values for the scaling until "SetRange" is called.
-     *  these are protected varaibles and must be set with SetRange
-     *  in order to ensure that m_dRange is updated accordingly 
+     *  these are protected variables and must be set with SetRange
+     *  in order to ensure that m_dRange is updated accordingly
      */
     /*   m_dLowerLimit = -10.0; */
     /*   m_dUpperLimit =  10.0; */
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static void GraphCtrl_DrawPoint(TGraphCtrl* this)
                SRCCOPY);
 
         /*  establish a rectangle over the right side of plot */
-        /*  which now needs to be cleaned up proir to adding the new point */
+        /*  which now needs to be cleaned up prior to adding the new point */
         rectCleanUp = this->m_rectPlot;
         rectCleanUp.left  = rectCleanUp.right - this->m_nShiftPixels;
 
diff --git a/programs/winebrowser/main.c b/programs/winebrowser/main.c
index f5ffe05efb7..8635ad2bc06 100644
--- a/programs/winebrowser/main.c
+++ b/programs/winebrowser/main.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *  Winebrowser is a winelib application that will start the appropriate
  *  native browser or mail client for a wine installation that lacks a 
  *  windows browser/mail client. For example, you will be able to open
- *  urls via native mozilla if no browser has yet been installed in wine.
+ *  URLs via native mozilla if no browser has yet been installed in wine.
  *
  *  The application to launch is chosen from a default set or, if set,
  *  taken from a registry key.
diff --git a/programs/winecfg/libraries.c b/programs/winecfg/libraries.c
index e402b4ea8f6..aa11b464e80 100644
--- a/programs/winecfg/libraries.c
+++ b/programs/winecfg/libraries.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int show_dll_in_list( const char *name )
 
 static void set_controls_from_selection(HWND dialog)
 {
-    /* FIXME: display/update some information about the selected dll (purpose, recommended loadorder) maybe? */
+    /* FIXME: display/update some information about the selected dll (purpose, recommended load order) maybe? */
 }
 
 static void clear_settings(HWND dialog)
diff --git a/programs/wineconsole/curses.c b/programs/wineconsole/curses.c
index 00e5039d937..013a062c184 100644
--- a/programs/wineconsole/curses.c
+++ b/programs/wineconsole/curses.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static unsigned WCCURSES_FillMouse(INPUT_RECORD* ir)
     WINE_TRACE("[%u]: (%d, %d) %08lx\n", 
                mevt.id, mevt.x, mevt.y, (unsigned long)mevt.bstate);
 
-    /* macros to ease mapping ncurse button numbering to windows's one */
+    /* macros to ease mapping ncurse button numbering to windows' one */
 #define	BTN1_BIT	FROM_LEFT_1ST_BUTTON_PRESSED
 #define	BTN2_BIT	RIGHTMOST_BUTTON_PRESSED
 #define	BTN3_BIT	FROM_LEFT_2ND_BUTTON_PRESSED
diff --git a/programs/wineconsole/user.c b/programs/wineconsole/user.c
index 22f33b1b117..dafab162926 100644
--- a/programs/wineconsole/user.c
+++ b/programs/wineconsole/user.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ HFONT WCUSER_CopyFont(struct config_data* config, HWND hWnd, const LOGFONTW* lf,
      *  - the width of all characters in the font
      * This isn't true in Wine. As a temporary workaround, we get as the width of the
      * cell, the width of the first character in the font, after checking that all
-     * characters in the font have the same width (I hear paranoïa coming)
+     * characters in the font have the same width (I hear paranoia coming)
      * when this gets fixed, the code should be using tm.tmAveCharWidth
      * or tm.tmMaxCharWidth as the cell width.
      */
diff --git a/programs/winhlp32/hlpfile.c b/programs/winhlp32/hlpfile.c
index cf7bcdca36a..2f97a0218b4 100644
--- a/programs/winhlp32/hlpfile.c
+++ b/programs/winhlp32/hlpfile.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ static BOOL HLPFILE_BrowseParagraph(HLPFILE_PAGE* page, struct RtfData* rd,
 
             case 0x8C:
                 if (!HLPFILE_RtfAddControl(rd, "\\_")) goto done;
-                /* FIXME: it could be that hypen is also in input stream !! */
+                /* FIXME: it could be that hyphen is also in input stream !! */
                 format += 1;
                 rd->char_pos++;
                 break;