diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_app.h b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_app.h
index 1e5158c182..86dba27648 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_app.h
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_app.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ EAPI void        elm_app_info_set(void *mainfunc, const char *dom, const char *c
 
 /**
  * Provide information on the @b fallback application's binaries
- * directory, in scenarios where they get overriden by
+ * directory, in scenarios where they get overridden by
  * elm_app_info_set().
  *
  * @param dir The path to the default binaries directory (compile time
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ EAPI void        elm_app_compile_bin_dir_set(const char *dir);
 
 /**
  * Provide information on the @b fallback application's libraries
- * directory, on scenarios where they get overriden by
+ * directory, on scenarios where they get overridden by
  * elm_app_info_set().
  *
  * @param dir The path to the default libraries directory (compile
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ EAPI void        elm_app_compile_lib_dir_set(const char *dir);
 
 /**
  * Provide information on the @b fallback application's data
- * directory, on scenarios where they get overriden by
+ * directory, on scenarios where they get overridden by
  * elm_app_info_set().
  *
  * @param dir The path to the default data directory (compile time
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ EAPI void        elm_app_compile_data_dir_set(const char *dir);
 
 /**
  * Provide information on the @b fallback application's locale
- * directory, on scenarios where they get overriden by
+ * directory, on scenarios where they get overridden by
  * elm_app_info_set().
  *
  * @param dir The path to the default locale directory (compile time
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_box.h b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_box.h
index a29fdfa5be..977a02a48b 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_box.h
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_box.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ EAPI void                elm_box_padding_set(Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Coord horizo
 EAPI void                elm_box_padding_get(const Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Coord *horizontal, Evas_Coord *vertical);
 
 /**
- * Set the alignment of the whole bouding box of contents.
+ * Set the alignment of the whole bounding box of contents.
  *
  * Sets how the bounding box containing all the elements of the box, after
  * their sizes and position has been calculated, will be aligned within
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ EAPI void                elm_box_padding_get(const Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Coord
 EAPI void                elm_box_align_set(Evas_Object *obj, double horizontal, double vertical);
 
 /**
- * Get the alignment of the whole bouding box of contents.
+ * Get the alignment of the whole bounding box of contents.
  *
  * @param obj The box object
  * @param horizontal The horizontal alignment of elements
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_bubble.h b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_bubble.h
index 533a521ebe..57a0a40de4 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_bubble.h
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_bubble.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * corner is "top_left" or "bottom_left" and is right aligned to the frame
  * otherwise.
  * @li The @p info is a text which appears to the right of the label. Info's
- * font is of a ligther color than label.
+ * font is of a lighter color than label.
  * @li The @p content is an evas object that is shown inside the frame.
  *
  * The position of the arrow, icon, label and info depends on which corner is
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  * @li elm_object_part_content_get
  * @li elm_object_part_content_unset
  *
- * For an example of using a buble see @ref bubble_01_example_page "this".
+ * For an example of using a bubble see @ref bubble_01_example_page "this".
  *
  * @{
  */
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_cache.h b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_cache.h
index 8ef12735c8..b2fc698bd4 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_cache.h
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_cache.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EAPI void      elm_cache_flush_interval_all_set(int size);
  * or not. When cache flushing is enabled, elementary will regularly
  * (see elm_cache_flush_interval_get() ) flush caches and dump data out of
  * memory and allow usage to re-seed caches and data in memory where it
- * can do so. An idle application will thus minimise its memory usage as
+ * can do so. An idle application will thus minimize its memory usage as
  * data will be freed from memory and not be re-loaded as it is idle and
  * not rendering or doing anything graphically right now.
  *