diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dcc1d55048..bdba05eb2a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 228:
           the service.
 
         * Timer units gained support for a new RemainAfterElapse=
-          setting which takes a boolean argument. It defaults on,
+          setting which takes a boolean argument. It defaults to on,
           exposing behaviour unchanged to previous releases. If set to
           off, timer units are unloaded after they elapsed if they
           cannot elapse again. This is particularly useful for
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 227:
         * Support for USB FunctionFS activation has been added. This
           allows implementation of USB gadget services that are
           activated as soon as they are requested, so that they don't
-          have to run continously, similar to classic socket
+          have to run continuously, similar to classic socket
           activation.
 
         * The "systemctl exit" command now optionally takes an
diff --git a/man/libudev.xml b/man/libudev.xml
index 7ef978463c..53b68dcc89 100644
--- a/man/libudev.xml
+++ b/man/libudev.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <para>To introspect a local device on a system, a udev device
     object can be created via
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_new_from_syspath</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    and friends. The device object allows to query current state,
+    and friends. The device object allows one to query current state,
     read and write attributes and lookup properties of the device in
     question.</para>
 
diff --git a/man/sd_event_add_time.xml b/man/sd_event_add_time.xml
index 2c0bd0ba10..5496b71529 100644
--- a/man/sd_event_add_time.xml
+++ b/man/sd_event_add_time.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     regarding the various types of clocks. The <parameter>usec</parameter> parameter specifies the earliest time, in
     microseconds (µs), relative to the clock's epoch, when the timer shall be triggered. If a time already in the past
     is specified (including <constant>0</constant>), this timer source "fires" immediately and is ready to be
-    dispatched. If the paramater is specified as <constant>UINT64_MAX</constant> the timer event will never elapse,
+    dispatched. If the parameter is specified as <constant>UINT64_MAX</constant> the timer event will never elapse,
     which may be used as an alternative to explicitly disabling a timer event source with
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
     <parameter>accuracy</parameter> parameter specifies an additional accuracy value in µs specifying how much the
diff --git a/man/systemd-socket-activate.xml b/man/systemd-socket-activate.xml
index 5d7f157c72..2cf3a7d377 100644
--- a/man/systemd-socket-activate.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-socket-activate.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> in socket unit files, and enables use of
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds_with_names</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
         Multiple entries may be specifies using separate options or by separating names with colons
-        (<literal>:</literal>) in one option. In case more names are given than descriptors, superflous ones willl be
+        (<literal>:</literal>) in one option. In case more names are given than descriptors, superfluous ones willl be
         ignored. In case less names are given than descriptors, the remaining file descriptors will be unnamed.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml
index 19ca6d6837..9d79315069 100644
--- a/man/systemd.special.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.special.xml
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
           and
           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-          automatically setup the appropiate dependencies to make this happen.
+          automatically setup the appropriate dependencies to make this happen.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index 0fa95e97a8..4fe140e4bc 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     <para>Note that in case the unit to activate is already active at the time the timer elapses it is not restarted,
     but simply left running. There is no concept of spawning new service instances in this case. Due to this, services
-    with <varname>RemainAfterExit=</varname> set (which stay around continously even after the service's main process
+    with <varname>RemainAfterExit=</varname> set (which stay around continuously even after the service's main process
     exited) are usually not suitable for activation via repetitive timers, as they will only be activated once, and
     then stay around forever.</para>
   </refsect1>
diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl.c b/src/boot/bootctl.c
index d0af41498f..0d42948720 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int verify_esp(const char *p, uint32_t *part, uint64_t *pstart, uint64_t
         errno = 0;
         r = blkid_do_safeprobe(b);
         if (r == -2) {
-                log_error("File system \"%s\" is ambigious.", p);
+                log_error("File system \"%s\" is ambiguous.", p);
                 return -ENODEV;
         } else if (r == 1) {
                 log_error("File system \"%s\" does not contain a label.", p);
diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 2ba1627b85..94d1161605 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int unit_watch_cgroup(Unit *u) {
         /* Only applies to the unified hierarchy */
         r = cg_unified();
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_unit_error_errno(u, r, "Failed detect wether the unified hierarchy is used: %m");
+                return log_unit_error_errno(u, r, "Failed detect whether the unified hierarchy is used: %m");
         if (r == 0)
                 return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 1479d06606..fdf7ce3af3 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ static void unit_check_unneeded(Unit *u) {
                         if (unit_active_or_pending(other))
                                 return;
 
-        /* If stopping a unit fails continously we might enter a stop
+        /* If stopping a unit fails continuously we might enter a stop
          * loop here, hence stop acting on the service being
          * unnecessary after a while. */
         if (!ratelimit_test(&u->auto_stop_ratelimit)) {
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ static void unit_check_binds_to(Unit *u) {
         if (!stop)
                 return;
 
-        /* If stopping a unit fails continously we might enter a stop
+        /* If stopping a unit fails continuously we might enter a stop
          * loop here, hence stop acting on the service being
          * unnecessary after a while. */
         if (!ratelimit_test(&u->auto_stop_ratelimit)) {
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c b/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c
index c65c43186f..2f16b02e9a 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int mhd_respond_internal(struct MHD_Connection *connection,
         if (!response)
                 return MHD_NO;
 
-        log_debug("Queing response %u: %s", code, buffer);
+        log_debug("Queueing response %u: %s", code, buffer);
         MHD_add_response_header(response, "Content-Type", "text/plain");
         r = MHD_queue_response(connection, code, response);
         MHD_destroy_response(response);
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c b/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c
index 88f7e329b0..53e29377b3 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ int lldp_neighbor_parse(sd_lldp_neighbor *n) {
         assert(n);
 
         if (n->raw_size < sizeof(struct ether_header)) {
-                log_lldp("Recieved truncated packet, ignoring.");
+                log_lldp("Received truncated packet, ignoring.");
                 return -EBADMSG;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
index 9d4f187502..3fcefada3f 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ _public_ int sd_pid_get_cgroup(pid_t pid, char **cgroup) {
 
         /* The internal APIs return the empty string for the root
          * cgroup, let's return the "/" in the public APIs instead, as
-         * that's easier and less ambigious for people to grok. */
+         * that's easier and less ambiguous for people to grok. */
         if (isempty(c)) {
                 free(c);
                 c = strdup("/");
diff --git a/src/machine/machined-dbus.c b/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
index 52ce83a185..1923e8b971 100644
--- a/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
+++ b/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static int method_clean_pool(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_err
 
         /* Create a temporary file we can dump information about deleted images into. We use a temporary file for this
          * instead of a pipe or so, since this might grow quit large in theory and we don't want to process this
-         * continously */
+         * continuously */
         result_fd = open_tmpfile_unlinkable("/tmp/", O_RDWR|O_CLOEXEC);
         if (result_fd < 0)
                 return -errno;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index 2a9a7bb7c7..82f56158be 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@ network_file_fail:
 
                 r = sd_dhcp_client_set_request_address(link->dhcp_client, &address.in);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Falied to set inital DHCPv4 address %s: %m", dhcp4_address);
+                        return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Falied to set initial DHCPv4 address %s: %m", dhcp4_address);
         }
 
 dhcp4_address_fail:
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ dhcp4_address_fail:
 
                 r = sd_ipv4ll_set_address(link->ipv4ll, &address.in);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Falied to set inital IPv4LL address %s: %m", ipv4ll_address);
+                        return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Falied to set initial IPv4LL address %s: %m", ipv4ll_address);
         }
 
 ipv4ll_address_fail:
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 73c56d7310..0bab2557b0 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ static int outer_child(
                         if (l < 0)
                                 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to recv UID shift: %m");
                         if (l != sizeof(arg_uid_shift)) {
-                                log_error("Short read while recieving UID shift.");
+                                log_error("Short read while receiving UID shift.");
                                 return -EIO;
                         }
                 }