diff --git a/lib/compress/huf_compress.c b/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
index d126305c..695b66da 100644
--- a/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ size_t HUF_writeCTable (void* dst, size_t maxDstSize,
     if (size >= 128) return ERROR(GENERIC);   /* should never happen, since maxSymbolValue <= 255 */
     if ((size <= 1) || (size >= maxSymbolValue/2)) {
         if (size==1) {  /* RLE */
-            /* only possible case : serie of 1 (because there are at least 2) */
+            /* only possible case : series of 1 (because there are at least 2) */
             /* can only be 2^n or (2^n-1), otherwise not an huffman tree */
             BYTE code;
             switch(maxSymbolValue)
diff --git a/lib/compress/zbuff_compress.c b/lib/compress/zbuff_compress.c
index 260aca08..fcbfbb95 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zbuff_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zbuff_compress.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static size_t const ZBUFF_endFrameSize = ZSTD_BLOCKHEADERSIZE;
 
 typedef enum { ZBUFFcs_init, ZBUFFcs_load, ZBUFFcs_flush } ZBUFF_cStage;
 
-/* *** Ressources *** */
+/* *** Resources *** */
 struct ZBUFF_CCtx_s {
     ZSTD_CCtx* zc;
     char*  inBuff;
diff --git a/programs/xxhash.c b/programs/xxhash.c
index 2a66e251..92df9029 100644
--- a/programs/xxhash.c
+++ b/programs/xxhash.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ You can contact the author at :
 /* #define XXH_ACCEPT_NULL_INPUT_POINTER 1 */
 
 /*!XXH_FORCE_NATIVE_FORMAT :
- * By default, xxHash library provides endian-independant Hash values, based on little-endian convention.
+ * By default, xxHash library provides endian-independent Hash values, based on little-endian convention.
  * Results are therefore identical for little-endian and big-endian CPU.
  * This comes at a performance cost for big-endian CPU, since some swapping is required to emulate little-endian format.
  * Should endian-independance be of no importance for your application, you may set the #define below to 1,