diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 8b63258..13eebef 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ version 0.5.0:
   - multi-target build
   - fixed: no error code in hardware interrupts
   - fixed: pop ss, mov ss, x and sti disable hardware irqs for the next insn
-  - correct single stepping thru string operations
+  - correct single stepping through string operations
   - preliminary SPARC target support (Thomas M. Ogrisegg)
   - tun-fd option (Rusty Russell)
   - automatic IDE geometry detection
diff --git a/coroutine-sigaltstack.c b/coroutine-sigaltstack.c
index 7ff2d33..ddcb603 100644
--- a/coroutine-sigaltstack.c
+++ b/coroutine-sigaltstack.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static Coroutine *coroutine_new(void)
     /*
      * Now enter the trampoline again, but this time not as a signal
      * handler. Instead we jump into it directly. The functionally
-     * redundant ping-pong pointer arithmentic is neccessary to avoid
+     * redundant ping-pong pointer arithmentic is necessary to avoid
      * type-conversion warnings related to the `volatile' qualifier and
      * the fact that `jmp_buf' usually is an array type.
      */
diff --git a/disas.c b/disas.c
index 27071c3..93d8d30 100644
--- a/disas.c
+++ b/disas.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ perror_memory (int status, bfd_vma memaddr, struct disassemble_info *info)
 			   "Address 0x%" PRIx64 " is out of bounds.\n", memaddr);
 }

-/* This could be in a separate file, to save miniscule amounts of space
+/* This could be in a separate file, to save minuscule amounts of space
    in statically linked executables.  */

 /* Just print the address is hex.  This is included for completeness even
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
index 4ff4d40..e759c99 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
@@ -1091,8 +1091,8 @@ static void ehci_mem_writel(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val)
         break;

     case USBSTS:
-        val &= USBSTS_RO_MASK;              // bits 6 thru 31 are RO
-        ehci_clear_usbsts(s, val);          // bits 0 thru 5 are R/WC
+        val &= USBSTS_RO_MASK;              // bits 6 through 31 are RO
+        ehci_clear_usbsts(s, val);          // bits 0 through 5 are R/WC
         val = s->usbsts;
         ehci_set_interrupt(s, 0);
         break;
diff --git a/qapi-schema-guest.json b/qapi-schema-guest.json
index d7a073e..692b570 100644
--- a/qapi-schema-guest.json
+++ b/qapi-schema-guest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # lexer/tokenizer/parser state should be flushed/reset in
 # preparation for reliably receiving the subsequent response. As
 # an optimization, clients may opt to ignore all data until a
-# sentinel value is receiving to avoid unecessary processing of
+# sentinel value is receiving to avoid unnecessary processing of
 # stale data.
 #
 # Similarly, clients should also precede this *request*
diff --git a/qemu-ga.c b/qemu-ga.c
index 216be39..680997e 100644
--- a/qemu-ga.c
+++ b/qemu-ga.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static void ga_disable_non_whitelisted(void)
     g_free(list_head);
 }

-/* [re-]enable all commands, except those explictly blacklisted by user */
+/* [re-]enable all commands, except those explicitly blacklisted by user */
 static void ga_enable_non_blacklisted(GList *blacklist)
 {
     char **list_head, **list;
diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index d58730a..e448431 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ int64_t qmp_guest_fsfreeze_thaw(Error **err)
          * was returned the filesystem was *not* unfrozen by that particular
          * call.
          *
-         * since multiple preceeding FIFREEZEs require multiple calls to FITHAW
+         * since multiple preceding FIFREEZEs require multiple calls to FITHAW
          * to unfreeze, continuing issuing FITHAW until an error is returned,
          * in which case either the filesystem is in an unfreezable state, or,
          * more likely, it was thawed previously (and remains so afterward).
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ GuestNetworkInterfaceList *qmp_guest_network_get_interfaces(Error **errp)
             strncpy(ifr.ifr_name,  info->value->name, IF_NAMESIZE);
             if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == -1) {
                 snprintf(err_msg, sizeof(err_msg),
-                         "failed to get MAC addres of %s: %s",
+                         "failed to get MAC address of %s: %s",
                          ifa->ifa_name,
                          strerror(errno));
                 error_set(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED, err_msg);
diff --git a/tests/tcg/test-mmap.c b/tests/tcg/test-mmap.c
index c67174a..c418b67 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/test-mmap.c
+++ b/tests/tcg/test-mmap.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * When running qemu-linux-user with the -p flag, you may need to tell
  * this test program about the pagesize because getpagesize() will not reflect
- * the -p choice. Simply pass one argument beeing the pagesize.
+ * the -p choice. Simply pass one argument being the pagesize.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2007 AXIS Communications AB
  * Written by Edgar E. Iglesias.
