diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index 057112ad0..c359d82a8 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The crew build life-cycle consists of the stages as follows:
 
 1. `fetch` - During the fetch phase `crew` uses `curl --ssl`  to fetch the package
 2. `extract` - Once the the package has been fetched, `crew` extracts the package
-3. `self.prebuild` - Ony `sed` commands should be run during this stage - if provided
+3. `self.prebuild` - Only `sed` commands should be run during this stage - if provided
     - During this stage `crew` `cd`'s into the extracted directory, and stays there until the `preinstall` stage
 3. `self.patch` - Only `patch` commands should be used during this stage	- If provided
 4. `self.build` - Package is compiled and/or configured
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ require 'package' # must occur within each `.rb`
 class Template < Package # Notice the capitals, EG: 'I3' - would be used for an 'i3' package
   description 'The template script' # Notice the indent, should contain no more than one line of text
   homepage '#' # Notice the same indent, EG: 'https://i3wm.org/' - Would be used for an 'i3' Package
-  version 'version#-revision#' # EG: 4.18.2-1 - Where '4.18.2' is the version and '1' is the revision - Omit revision on new packges
+  version 'version#-revision#' # EG: 4.18.2-1 - Where '4.18.2' is the version and '1' is the revision - Omit revision on new packages
   compatibility '#' # Can contain 'all', or a list of supported architectures each separated by a space
   source_url '#' # The URL from which the source of the package can be downloaded
   source_sha256 '#' # The `sha256` checksum of the downloaded source package
diff --git a/bin/crew b/bin/crew
index f3006bea8..9fefd6b2f 100755
--- a/bin/crew
+++ b/bin/crew
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def upgrade
       next if dependencies.include? package[:name]
       # add package itself
       dependencies = [ package[:name] ].concat(dependencies)
-      # expand depencencies and add it to the dependencies list
+      # expand dependencies and add it to the dependencies list
       search package[:name], true
       exp_dep = expand_dependencies
       dependencies = exp_dep.concat(dependencies)
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ def build_and_preconfigure (target_dir)
   Dir.chdir target_dir do
     puts 'Building from source, this may take a while...'
 
-    # Rename *.la files temporily to *.la_tmp to avoid
+    # Rename *.la files temporarily to *.la_tmp to avoid
     # libtool: link: '*.la' is not a valid libtool archive.
     # See https://gnunet.org/faq-la-files and
     # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42963653/libquadmath-la-is-not-a-valid-libtool-archive-when-configuring-openmpi-with-g
diff --git a/lib/package.rb b/lib/package.rb
index 77b4d963d..b0e38de11 100644
--- a/lib/package.rb
+++ b/lib/package.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Package
   def self.system(*args)
     # add "-j#" argument to "make" at compile-time, if necessary
 
-    # Order of precendence to assign the number of processors:
+    # Order of precedence to assign the number of processors:
     # 1. The value of '-j#' from the package make argument
     # 2. The value of ENV["CREW_NPROC"]
     # 3. The value of `nproc`.strip
diff --git a/packages/asciinema.rb b/packages/asciinema.rb
index fffa7673b..f2055b61d 100644
--- a/packages/asciinema.rb
+++ b/packages/asciinema.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Asciinema < Package
 
 ; API server URL, default: https://asciinema.org
 ; If you run your own instance of asciinema-server then set its address here
-; It can also be overriden by setting ASCIINEMA_API_URL environment variable
+; It can also be overridden by setting ASCIINEMA_API_URL environment variable
 ;url = https://asciinema.example.com
 
 [record]
diff --git a/packages/at_spi2_core.rb b/packages/at_spi2_core.rb
index 30bff7035..244541f59 100644
--- a/packages/at_spi2_core.rb
+++ b/packages/at_spi2_core.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
 
 class At_spi2_core < Package
-  description 'This is over DBus, tookit widgets provide their content to screen readers such as Orca'
+  description 'This is over DBus; toolkit widgets provide their content to screen readers such as Orca'
   homepage 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
   version '2.39.91'
   license 'LGPL-2.1+'
diff --git a/packages/atk.rb b/packages/atk.rb
index c7baca8d2..d7769514b 100644
--- a/packages/atk.rb
+++ b/packages/atk.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
 
 class Atk < Package
-  description 'ATK provides the set of accessibility interfaces that are implemented by other tookits and applications'
+  description 'ATK provides the set of accessibility interfaces that are implemented by other toolkits and applications'
   homepage 'https://developer.gnome.org/atk'
   version '2.36'
   license 'LGPL-2+'
diff --git a/packages/cargo_c.rb b/packages/cargo_c.rb
index eccb61530..58199a0a4 100644
--- a/packages/cargo_c.rb
+++ b/packages/cargo_c.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 require 'package'
 
 class Cargo_c < Package
-  description 'A cargo subcommand to build and install C-ABI compatibile dynamic and static libraries'
+  description 'A cargo subcommand to build and install C-ABI compatible dynamic and static libraries'
   homepage 'https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/'
   version '0.7.3'
   license 'LGPL-2.1 and MPL-1.1'
diff --git a/packages/docbook_xsl.rb b/packages/docbook_xsl.rb
index e19291f59..8ce3a0435 100644
--- a/packages/docbook_xsl.rb
+++ b/packages/docbook_xsl.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Docbook_xsl < Package
         shopt -s nullglob  # ignore missing files
         echo "ignore missing files"
         for fn in assembly catalog.xml common docsrc eclipse epub epub3 \
-        extensions fo highlighting html htmlhelp images javahelp lib log \
+        extensions for highlighting html htmlhelp images javahelp lib log \
         manpages params profiling roundtrip slides template tests tools \
         webhelp website xhtml xhtml-1_1 xhtml5
         do
diff --git a/packages/docbook_xsl_nons.rb b/packages/docbook_xsl_nons.rb
index 9e1e036ea..0d5155c1e 100644
--- a/packages/docbook_xsl_nons.rb
+++ b/packages/docbook_xsl_nons.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Docbook_xsl_nons < Package
         shopt -s nullglob  # ignore missing files
         echo "ignore missing files"
         for fn in assembly catalog.xml common docsrc eclipse epub epub3 \
-        extensions fo highlighting html htmlhelp images javahelp lib log \
+        extensions for highlighting html htmlhelp images javahelp lib log \
         manpages params profiling roundtrip slides template tests tools \
         webhelp website xhtml xhtml-1_1 xhtml5
         do
diff --git a/packages/dropbox.rb b/packages/dropbox.rb
index 8b6f8af4a..a974b2a2b 100644
--- a/packages/dropbox.rb
+++ b/packages/dropbox.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Dropbox < Package
     puts "To finish the installation, execute 'dropboxd'.".lightblue
     puts "Login to dropbox.com, highlight the url and paste into Chrome.".lightblue
     puts "Type Ctrl+C to exit dropboxd after linking your system.".lightblue
-    puts "Execute 'dropbox start' and after synching is complete, files will be available in ~/Dropbox.".lightblue
+    puts "Execute 'dropbox start' and after syncing is complete, files will be available in ~/Dropbox.".lightblue
     puts "Execute 'dropbox' to see the full list of available options.".lightblue
     puts
   end
diff --git a/packages/ffmpeg.rb b/packages/ffmpeg.rb
index 2b4d5bf99..f8dcfa0e3 100644
--- a/packages/ffmpeg.rb
+++ b/packages/ffmpeg.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Ffmpeg < Package
   homepage 'https://ffmpeg.org/'
   @_ver = '4.4'
   version @_ver
-  license 'LGPL-2,1, GPL-2, GPL-3, and LGPL-3' # When changing ffmpeg's configure options, make sure this variable is stil accurate,
+  license 'LGPL-2,1, GPL-2, GPL-3, and LGPL-3' # When changing ffmpeg's configure options, make sure this variable is still accurate.
   compatibility 'all'
   source_url 'file:///dev/null'
   source_sha256 'e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855'
diff --git a/packages/libefl.rb b/packages/libefl.rb
index cdb977c29..652a76060 100644
--- a/packages/libefl.rb
+++ b/packages/libefl.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This package should definitely be split into its consituent parts sometime.
+# This package should definitely be split into its constituent parts sometime.
 
 require 'package'
 
diff --git a/packages/perl_date_format.rb b/packages/perl_date_format.rb
index d9d4c12e0..abae1e641 100644
--- a/packages/perl_date_format.rb
+++ b/packages/perl_date_format.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
 
 class Perl_date_format < Package
-  description 'Date formating subroutines'
+  description 'Date formatting subroutines'
   homepage 'https://metacpan.org/pod/Date::Format'
   version '2.33'
   license 'GPL-1+ or Artistic'
diff --git a/packages/sysfsutils.rb b/packages/sysfsutils.rb
index eedddffae..61a559e9c 100644
--- a/packages/sysfsutils.rb
+++ b/packages/sysfsutils.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
 
 class Sysfsutils < Package
-  description 'These are a set of utilites built upon sysfs, a new virtual filesystem in Linux kernel versions 2.5+ that exposes a system\'s device tree. The current version of sysfsutils includes libsysfs and systool.'
+  description 'These are a set of utilities built upon sysfs, a new virtual filesystem in Linux kernel versions 2.5+ that exposes a system\'s device tree. The current version of sysfsutils includes libsysfs and systool.'
   homepage 'http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net/Sysfsutils.html'
   version '2.1.0'
   license 'GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1'
diff --git a/packages/tinycore.rb b/packages/tinycore.rb
index c6b40fd3c..0885d2a72 100644
--- a/packages/tinycore.rb
+++ b/packages/tinycore.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:#{CREW_PREFIX}/share/tinycore/$PKG/usr/local/li
     puts
     puts "The executable names are in the format of Snap executable names.".lightblue
     puts "This is imperative to be able to run TinyCore programs.".lightblue
-    puts "For eample, to run the 'bashbug' program in the TinyCore 'bash' package, please execute:".lightblue
+    puts "For example, to run the 'bashbug' program in the TinyCore 'bash' package, please execute:".lightblue
     puts "tinycore bash.bashbug".lightblue
     puts
     puts "To run a binary that has a dot in its name, such as 'ld.gold', use the full name:".lightblue
diff --git a/packages/xmlclitools.rb b/packages/xmlclitools.rb
index da84a553c..a09b1f3b4 100644
--- a/packages/xmlclitools.rb
+++ b/packages/xmlclitools.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
 
 class Xmlclitools < Package
-  description 'xmlclitools provides four command-line tools for searching, modifying, and formating XML data. The tools are designed to work in conjunction with standard *nix utilities such as grep, sort, and shell scripts.'
+  description 'xmlclitools provides four command-line tools for searching, modifying, and formatting XML data. The tools are designed to work in conjunction with standard *nix utilities such as grep, sort, and shell scripts.'
   homepage 'http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/xmlclitools'
   version '1.61-1'
   license 'GPL-2'
diff --git a/tools/check.rb b/tools/check.rb
index a0c49d647..de031f3ef 100644
--- a/tools/check.rb
+++ b/tools/check.rb
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ task :lua do
 	:rest     => "| sort -t. -k 1,1nr -k 2,2nr -k 3,3nr -k 4,4nr | head -1"
 end
 
-desc "Check for new verion of lz4"
+desc "Check for new version of lz4"
 task :lz4 do
   check_version :pkg_name => "lz4",
 	:url      => "https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases/latest",
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ task :texinfo do
 	:rest     => "| sort -t. -k 1,1nr -k 2,2nr -k 3,3nr -k 4,4nr | head -1"
 end
 
-desc "Check for new versio of tig"
+desc "Check for new version of tig"
 task :tig do
   check_version :pkg_name => "tig",
 	:url      => "https://github.com/jonas/tig/releases/latest",