diff --git a/gnu/build/image.scm b/gnu/build/image.scm
index d8efa73f16..b6bf259f1b 100644
--- a/gnu/build/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/image.scm
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
    (inexact->exact (ceiling (/ size 1024)))))
 
 (define (estimate-partition-size root)
-  "Given the ROOT directory, evalute and return its size.  As this doesn't
+  "Given the ROOT directory, evaluate and return its size.  As this doesn't
 take the partition metadata size into account, take a 25% margin."
   (* 1.25 (file-size root)))
 
diff --git a/guix/build-system/cargo.scm b/guix/build-system/cargo.scm
index 6c8edf6bac..ed69746a3b 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/cargo.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/cargo.scm
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ any dependent crates. This can be a benefits:
  - It avoids waiting for quadratic builds from source: cargo always builds
  dependencies within the current workspace. This is largely due to Rust not
  having a stable ABI and other resolutions that cargo applies. This means that
- if we have a depencency chain of X -> Y -> Z and we build each definition
+ if we have a dependency chain of X -> Y -> Z and we build each definition
  independently the following will happen:
   * Cargo will build and test crate Z
   * Cargo will build crate Z in Y's workspace, then build and test Y
diff --git a/guix/build/copy-build-system.scm b/guix/build/copy-build-system.scm
index a86f0cde29..ac4a62a074 100644
--- a/guix/build/copy-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/copy-build-system.scm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ In the above, FILTERS are optional.
       one of the elements in the list.
     - With `#:include-regexp`, install subpaths matching the regexps in the list.
     - The `#:exclude*` FILTERS work similarly.  Without `#:include*` flags,
-      install every subpath but the files matching the `#:exlude*` filters.
+      install every subpath but the files matching the `#:exclude*` filters.
       If both `#:include*` and `#:exclude*` are specified, the exclusion is done
       on the inclusion list.
 
diff --git a/guix/build/lisp-utils.scm b/guix/build/lisp-utils.scm
index f6d9168c48..88605bd255 100644
--- a/guix/build/lisp-utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/lisp-utils.scm
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ DEPENDENCY-PREFIXES to ensure references to those libraries are retained."
                               type
                               compress?
                               #:allow-other-keys)
-  "Generate an executable by using asdf operation TYPE, containing whithin the
+  "Generate an executable by using asdf operation TYPE, containing within the
 image all DEPENDENCIES, and running ENTRY-PROGRAM in the case of an
 executable.  Link in any asd files from DEPENDENCY-PREFIXES to ensure
 references to those libraries are retained."
diff --git a/guix/build/maven/pom.scm b/guix/build/maven/pom.scm
index aa60af2afa..dd61f659c2 100644
--- a/guix/build/maven/pom.scm
+++ b/guix/build/maven/pom.scm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ represents a @file{.pom} file content, or parts of it."
   (pom-ref content "parent"))
 
 (define* (find-parent content inputs #:optional local-packages)
-  "Find the parent pom for the pom file whith @var{content} in a package's
+  "Find the parent pom for the pom file with @var{content} in a package's
 @var{inputs}.  When the parent pom cannot be found in @var{inputs}, but
 @var{local-packages} is defined, the parent pom is looked up in it.
 
@@ -243,17 +243,17 @@ to re-declare the namespaces in the top-level element."
 (define* (fix-pom-dependencies pom-file inputs
                                #:key with-plugins? with-build-dependencies?
                                      (excludes '()) (local-packages '()))
-  "Open @var{pom-file}, and override its content, rewritting its dependencies
+  "Open @var{pom-file}, and override its content, rewriting its dependencies
 to set their version to the latest version available in the @var{inputs}.
 
-@var{#:with-plugins?} controls whether plugins are also overiden.
+@var{#:with-plugins?} controls whether plugins are also overridden.
 @var{#:with-build-dependencies?} controls whether build dependencies (whose
-scope is not empty) are also overiden.  By default build dependencies and
-plugins are not overiden.
+scope is not empty) are also overridden.  By default build dependencies and
+plugins are not overridden.
 
 @var{#:excludes} is an association list of groupID to a list of artifactIDs.
 When a pair (groupID, artifactID) is present in the list, its entry is
-removed instead of being overiden.  If the entry is ignored because of the
+removed instead of being overridden.  If the entry is ignored because of the
 previous arguments, the entry is not removed.
 
 @var{#:local-packages} is an association list that contains additional version
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ not found in @var{inputs}, information from this list is used instead to determi
 the latest version of the package.  This is an association list of group IDs
 to another association list of artifact IDs to a version number.
 
-Returns nothing, but overides the @var{pom-file} as a side-effect."
+Returns nothing, but overrides the @var{pom-file} as a side-effect."
   (define pom (get-pom pom-file))
 
   (define (ls dir)