diff --git a/init.d/bootmisc.in b/init.d/bootmisc.in
index 2ca79265..31fa0c8d 100644
--- a/init.d/bootmisc.in
+++ b/init.d/bootmisc.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ depend()
 	keyword -prefix -timeout
 }
 
-dir_writeable()
+dir_writable()
 {
 	mkdir "$1"/.test.$$ 2>/dev/null && rmdir "$1"/.test.$$
 }
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cleanup_tmp_dir()
 	if ! [ -d "$dir" ]; then
 		mkdir -p "$dir" || return $?
 	fi
-	dir_writeable "$dir" || return 1
+	dir_writable "$dir" || return 1
 	chmod a+rwt "$dir" 2> /dev/null
 	cd "$dir" || return 1
 	if yesno $wipe_tmp; then
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ start()
 		fi
 	done
 
-	if dir_writeable /var/run; then
+	if dir_writable /var/run; then
 		ebegin "Creating user login records"
 		local xtra=
 		[ "$RC_UNAME" = NetBSD ] && xtra=x
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ start()
 		cleanup_tmp_dir "$tmp"
 	done
 
-	if dir_writeable /tmp; then
+	if dir_writable /tmp; then
 		# Make sure our X11 stuff have the correct permissions
 		# Omit the chown as bootmisc is run before network is up
 		# and users may be using lame LDAP auth #139411
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ start()
 	fi
 
 	if yesno $log_dmesg; then
-		if $logw || dir_writeable /var/log; then
+		if $logw || dir_writable /var/log; then
 			# Create an 'after-boot' dmesg log
 			if [ "$RC_SYS" != VSERVER -a "$RC_SYS" != OPENVZ ]; then
 				dmesg > /var/log/dmesg
diff --git a/init.d/devdb.in b/init.d/devdb.in
index 951c7508..fcf25977 100644
--- a/init.d/devdb.in
+++ b/init.d/devdb.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ depend()
 
 start()
 {
-	ebegin "Bulding the dev database"
+	ebegin "Building the dev database"
 	if [ /var/run/dev.db -nt /dev ]; then
 		:
 	else
diff --git a/init.d/dumpon.in b/init.d/dumpon.in
index ec33174d..4450bf94 100644
--- a/init.d/dumpon.in
+++ b/init.d/dumpon.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ start() {
 }
 
 stop() {
-	ebegin "Deactiving kernel core dump device"
+	ebegin "Deactivating kernel core dump device"
 	dumpon off
 	eend $?
 }
diff --git a/init.d/fsck.in b/init.d/fsck.in
index e8bf1cfb..54537f61 100644
--- a/init.d/fsck.in
+++ b/init.d/fsck.in
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ start()
 			_reboot
 		fi;;
 	8)	ewend 1 "Operational error"; return 0;;
-	12)	ewend 1 "fsck interupted";;
+	12)	ewend 1 "fsck interrupted";;
 	*)	eend 2 "Filesystems couldn't be fixed";;
 	esac
 	_abort || return 1
diff --git a/init.d/ipfw.in b/init.d/ipfw.in
index ebfe421d..434920d4 100644
--- a/init.d/ipfw.in
+++ b/init.d/ipfw.in
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ start() {
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	# Use a statefull firewall
+	# Use a stateful firewall
 	ipfw add check-state
 	ipfw add pass tcp from me to any established
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ start() {
 	ipfw add deny udp from any to any 520 in
 
 	# Noise from webbrowsing.
-	# The statefull filter is a bit agressive, and will cause some
+	# The stateful filter is a bit aggressive, and will cause some
 	# connection teardowns to be logged.
 	ipfw add deny tcp from any 80,443 to any 1024-65535 in
 
diff --git a/sh/runscript.sh.in b/sh/runscript.sh.in
index 58532125..26dcfb3b 100644
--- a/sh/runscript.sh.in
+++ b/sh/runscript.sh.in
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ keyword() {
 	[ -n "$*" ] && echo "keyword $*"
 }
 
-# Descript the init script to the user
+# Describe the init script to the user
 describe()
 {
 	if [ -n "$description" ]; then
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ if [ -n "$opts" ]; then
 fi
 
 while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-	# Sepcial case depend
+	# Special case depend
 	if [ "$1" = depend ]; then
 		shift
 		_depend