diff --git a/include/components/bar.hpp b/include/components/bar.hpp
index 63d8d472..9e24f222 100644
--- a/include/components/bar.hpp
+++ b/include/components/bar.hpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class bar : public xpp::event::sink<evt::button_press, evt::expose, evt::propert
 
  protected:
   void restack_window();
-  void reconfigue_window();
+  void reconfigure_window();
   void reconfigure_geom();
   void reconfigure_pos();
   void reconfigure_struts();
diff --git a/include/tags/action_context.hpp b/include/tags/action_context.hpp
index 1182e23a..504e4209 100644
--- a/include/tags/action_context.hpp
+++ b/include/tags/action_context.hpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace tags {
     action_t action_open(mousebtn btn, const string&& cmd, alignment align, double x);
     std::pair<action_t, mousebtn> action_close(mousebtn btn, alignment align, double x);
 
-    void set_alignmnent_start(const alignment a, const double x);
+    void set_alignment_start(const alignment a, const double x);
 
     std::map<mousebtn, tags::action_t> get_actions(int x) const;
     action_t has_action(mousebtn btn, int x) const;
diff --git a/src/adapters/alsa/control.cpp b/src/adapters/alsa/control.cpp
index 3d7d3a48..4bbfe270 100644
--- a/src/adapters/alsa/control.cpp
+++ b/src/adapters/alsa/control.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace alsa {
     snd_ctl_elem_info_set_id(m_info, m_id);
 
     if ((err = snd_ctl_elem_info(m_ctl, m_info)) == -1) {
-      throw_exception<control_error>("Could not get control datal", err);
+      throw_exception<control_error>("Could not get control data", err);
     }
 
     snd_ctl_elem_info_get_id(m_info, m_id);
diff --git a/src/adapters/net_iw.cpp b/src/adapters/net_iw.cpp
index 49c46f90..b9460c04 100644
--- a/src/adapters/net_iw.cpp
+++ b/src/adapters/net_iw.cpp
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ namespace net {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Check if the link quality has been uodated
+    // Check if the link quality has been updated
     if (stats.qual.updated & IW_QUAL_QUAL_UPDATED) {
       m_linkquality.val = stats.qual.qual;
       m_linkquality.max = range.max_qual.qual;
     }
 
-    // Check if the signal strength has been uodated
+    // Check if the signal strength has been updated
     if (stats.qual.updated & IW_QUAL_LEVEL_UPDATED) {
       m_signalstrength.val = stats.qual.level;
       m_signalstrength.max = range.max_qual.level;
diff --git a/src/components/bar.cpp b/src/components/bar.cpp
index 7a95f668..dce6ac18 100644
--- a/src/components/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/components/bar.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void bar::show() {
      * First reconfigures the window so that WMs that discard some information
      * when unmapping have the correct window properties (geometry etc).
      */
-    reconfigue_window();
+    reconfigure_window();
     m_connection.map_window_checked(m_opts.window);
     m_connection.flush();
     m_visible = true;
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ void bar::restack_window() {
   }
 }
 
-void bar::reconfigue_window() {
+void bar::reconfigure_window() {
   m_log.trace("bar: Reconfigure window");
   restack_window();
   reconfigure_geom();
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ void bar::start() {
   m_connection.ensure_event_mask(m_opts.window, XCB_EVENT_MASK_STRUCTURE_NOTIFY);
 
   m_log.info("Bar window: %s", m_connection.id(m_opts.window));
-  reconfigue_window();
+  reconfigure_window();
 
   m_log.trace("bar: Map window");
   m_connection.map_window_checked(m_opts.window);
diff --git a/src/components/renderer.cpp b/src/components/renderer.cpp
index c79e5e74..94436619 100644
--- a/src/components/renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/components/renderer.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ renderer::renderer(connection& conn, signal_emitter& sig, const config& conf, co
       }
     }
 
-    // dpi to be comptued
+    // dpi to be computed
     if (dpi_x <= 0 || dpi_y <= 0) {
       auto screen = m_connection.screen();
       if (dpi_x <= 0) {
diff --git a/src/tags/action_context.cpp b/src/tags/action_context.cpp
index 78e70543..d6993080 100644
--- a/src/tags/action_context.cpp
+++ b/src/tags/action_context.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace tags {
     m_action_blocks[id].end_x = x;
   }
 
-  void action_context::set_alignmnent_start(const alignment a, const double x) {
+  void action_context::set_alignment_start(const alignment a, const double x) {
     m_align_start[a] = x;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/tags/dispatch.cpp b/src/tags/dispatch.cpp
index 278d6838..5a12bd8f 100644
--- a/src/tags/dispatch.cpp
+++ b/src/tags/dispatch.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace tags {
      * of the alignment blocks so that it can do intersection tests.
      */
     for (auto a : {alignment::LEFT, alignment::CENTER, alignment::RIGHT}) {
-      m_action_ctxt.set_alignmnent_start(a, renderer.get_alignment_start(a));
+      m_action_ctxt.set_alignment_start(a, renderer.get_alignment_start(a));
     }
 
     auto num_unclosed = m_action_ctxt.num_unclosed();
diff --git a/src/utils/command.cpp b/src/utils/command.cpp
index 2f6d9d43..f9427f78 100644
--- a/src/utils/command.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/command.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bool command<output_policy::IGNORED>::is_running() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Wait for the child processs to finish
+ * Wait for the child process to finish
  */
 int command<output_policy::IGNORED>::wait() {
   do {
diff --git a/src/utils/string.cpp b/src/utils/string.cpp
index 9ff1be19..3703f954 100644
--- a/src/utils/string.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/string.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace string_util {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Replace first occurence of needle in haystack
+   * Replace first occurrence of needle in haystack
    */
   string replace(const string& haystack, const string& needle, const string& replacement, size_t start, size_t end) {
     string str(haystack);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace string_util {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Replace all occurences of needle in haystack
+   * Replace all occurrences of needle in haystack
    */
   string replace_all(
       const string& haystack, const string& needle, const string& replacement, size_t start, size_t end) {