diff --git a/bin/meld b/bin/meld
index 778549dc835f130d98d04049a22ae60f89e73c42..1279dc4699fac9c4a98174e855e24e1adc815eb0 100755
--- a/bin/meld
+++ b/bin/meld
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def show_error_and_exit(error_text):
         ).run()
     except Exception:
         # Although tkinter is imported here, it isn't meld's dependency:
-        # if found it is used to show GUI error about lacking true dependecies.
+        # if found it is used to show GUI error about lacking true dependencies.
         try:
             if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
                 from Tkinter import Tk
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.meld.gschema.xml b/data/org.gnome.meld.gschema.xml
index b91b69f15cfd286cb1d33349ba5f350f3e92237b..d966b43ba9ea7bfc33cd645987fc7f8c45eb68b2 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.meld.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/org.gnome.meld.gschema.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
           <description>The command used to launch a custom editor. Some limited templating is supported here; at the moment '{file}' and '{line}' are recognised tokens.</description>
       </key>
 
-      <!-- Folder comparsion properties -->
+      <!-- Folder comparison properties -->
       <key name="folder-columns" type="a(sb)">
           <default>[("size", true), ("modification time", true), ("permissions", false)]</default>
           <summary>Columns to display</summary>
diff --git a/meld/ui/bufferselectors.py b/meld/ui/bufferselectors.py
index fc93b6231b89cd4d1d39423ddcc0e721d698f148..03c5c1c960cf9a9d235ee5696efffc3bcd0bfe82 100644
--- a/meld/ui/bufferselectors.py
+++ b/meld/ui/bufferselectors.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from meld.conf import _
 
 class FilteredListSelector:
 
-    # FilteredListSelector was intially based on gedit's
+    # FilteredListSelector was initially based on gedit's
     # GeditHighlightModeSelector
     # Copyright (C) 2013 - Ignacio Casal Quinteiro
     # Python translation and adaptations
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class EncodingSelector(FilteredListSelector, Gtk.Grid):
             name=enc.get_name(), charset=enc.get_charset())
 
 
-# SourceLangSelector was intially based on gedit's
+# SourceLangSelector was initially based on gedit's
 # GeditHighlightModeSelector
 # Copyright (C) 2013 - Ignacio Casal Quinteiro
 # Python translation and adaptations
diff --git a/meld/vc/_vc.py b/meld/vc/_vc.py
index d592e8ea31cc9f6e553a22164a178d83b8ddd894..f26828f5e579667c04cea9382f99ed7cdab48444 100644
--- a/meld/vc/_vc.py
+++ b/meld/vc/_vc.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class Vc:
         version control system has a (possibly partial) pre-filled
         message, or None if no such message exists.
 
-        This method should use pre-filled commit messages whereever
+        This method should use pre-filled commit messages wherever
         provided by the version control system, most commonly these are
         given in merging, revert or cherry-picking scenarios.
         """
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class Vc:
         except GLib.Error as e:
             if e.domain != 'g-io-error-quark':
                 raise
-            # Handling for non-existant files (or other IO errors)
+            # Handling for non-existent files (or other IO errors)
             name = path
             isdir = False
 
diff --git a/meld/vc/svn.py b/meld/vc/svn.py
index 8b9e58be7d7e05ca91cb830cfbcf27d03d8787aa..7af7f19814185f8cd190abd813fb7af8ad7bb77d 100644
--- a/meld/vc/svn.py
+++ b/meld/vc/svn.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Vc(_vc.Vc):
         SVN has two types of conflicts:
         Merge conflicts, which give 3 files:
            .left.r* (THIS)
-           .working (BASE... although this is a bit debateable)
+           .working (BASE... although this is a bit debatable)
            .right.r* (OTHER)
         Update conflicts which give 3 files:
            .mine (THIS)
diff --git a/setup_win32.py b/setup_win32.py
index 5160edc3a88e39b5fe2b1c5481eed5933351ba17..0799d450d327048638a03f1e5fa39e2838730c08 100755
--- a/setup_win32.py
+++ b/setup_win32.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ executable_options = {
 
 if 'mingw' in sysconfig.get_platform():
     executable_options.update({
-         "base": "Win32GUI",  # comment to build cosole version to see stderr
+         "base": "Win32GUI",  # comment to build console version to see stderr
          "targetName": "Meld.exe",
          "shortcutName": "Meld",
          "shortcutDir": "ProgramMenuFolder",