diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 4635bb2e5d..ea61d0d169 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ static void fill_auxv_note(struct memelfnote *note, const TaskState *ts)
      * strictly necessary but we do it here for sake of completeness.
      */
 
-    /* find out lenght of the vector, AT_NULL is terminator */
+    /* find out length of the vector, AT_NULL is terminator */
     i = len = 0;
     do {
         get_user_ual(val, auxv);
diff --git a/linux-user/flatload.c b/linux-user/flatload.c
index 1062da3852..be794960cc 100644
--- a/linux-user/flatload.c
+++ b/linux-user/flatload.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
      * help simplify all this mumbo jumbo
      *
      * We've got two different sections of relocation entries.
-     * The first is the GOT which resides at the begining of the data segment
+     * The first is the GOT which resides at the beginning of the data segment
      * and is terminated with a -1.  This one can be relocated in place.
      * The second is the extra relocation entries tacked after the image's
      * data segment. These require a little more processing as the entry is
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index d1bbc577e5..64d2208a08 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUPPCState *env)
             queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, &info);
             break;
         case POWERPC_EXCP_PIT:      /* Programmable interval timer IRQ       */
-            cpu_abort(env, "Programable interval timer interrupt "
+            cpu_abort(env, "Programmable interval timer interrupt "
                       "while in user mode. Aborting\n");
             break;
         case POWERPC_EXCP_IO:       /* IO error exception                    */
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ void cpu_loop (CPUState *env)
             if (env->iflags & D_FLAG) {
                 env->sregs[SR_ESR] |= 1 << 12;
                 env->sregs[SR_PC] -= 4;
-                /* FIXME: if branch was immed, replay the imm aswell.  */
+                /* FIXME: if branch was immed, replay the imm as well.  */
             }
 
             env->iflags &= ~(IMM_FLAG | D_FLAG);
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 78e3380702..ded12caa18 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static uint8_t host_to_target_signal_table[_NSIG] = {
     [SIGSYS] = TARGET_SIGSYS,
     /* next signals stay the same */
     /* Nasty hack: Reverse SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX to avoid overlap with
-       host libpthread signals.  This assumes noone actually uses SIGRTMAX :-/
+       host libpthread signals.  This assumes no one actually uses SIGRTMAX :-/
        To fix this properly we need to do manual signal delivery multiplexed
        over a single host signal.  */
     [__SIGRTMIN] = __SIGRTMAX,
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall_defs.h b/linux-user/syscall_defs.h
index 9dd1b8e4cf..2857805e16 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall_defs.h
+++ b/linux-user/syscall_defs.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* common syscall defines for all architectures */
 
 /* Note: although the syscall numbers change between architectures,
-   most of them stay the same, so we handle it by puting ifdefs if
+   most of them stay the same, so we handle it by putting ifdefs if
    necessary */
 
 #include "syscall_nr.h"
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ typedef struct target_siginfo {
  * SIGBUS si_codes
  */
 #define TARGET_BUS_ADRALN       (1)	/* invalid address alignment */
-#define TARGET_BUS_ADRERR       (2)	/* non-existant physical address */
+#define TARGET_BUS_ADRERR       (2)	/* non-existent physical address */
 #define TARGET_BUS_OBJERR       (3)	/* object specific hardware error */
 
 /*
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ struct target_pollfd {
 #define TARGET_CDROM_GET_MCN		0x5311 /* Obtain the "Universal Product Code"
                                            if available (struct cdrom_mcn) */
 #define TARGET_CDROM_GET_UPC		TARGET_CDROM_GET_MCN  /* This one is depricated,
-                                          but here anyway for compatability */
+                                          but here anyway for compatibility */
 #define TARGET_CDROMRESET		0x5312 /* hard-reset the drive */
 #define TARGET_CDROMVOLREAD		0x5313 /* Get the drive's volume setting
                                           (struct cdrom_volctrl) */