diff --git a/mail/alpine/Makefile b/mail/alpine/Makefile
index cd32a628d..c5770a155 100644
--- a/mail/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/mail/alpine/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define Package/alpine/Default
 endef
 
 define Package/alpine/Default/description
- Alpine (Alternatively Licenced Program for Internet News and Email) is a
+ Alpine (Alternatively Licensed Program for Internet News and Email) is a
  free software email client developed at the University of Washington.
  It is suitable for both the inexperienced email user as well as for
  the most demanding power user.
diff --git a/sound/svox/patches/0003-pico2wave-Convert-text-to-.wav-using-svox-text-to-sp.patch b/sound/svox/patches/0003-pico2wave-Convert-text-to-.wav-using-svox-text-to-sp.patch
index 8ef4757e6..c8a2e8399 100644
--- a/sound/svox/patches/0003-pico2wave-Convert-text-to-.wav-using-svox-text-to-sp.patch
+++ b/sound/svox/patches/0003-pico2wave-Convert-text-to-.wav-using-svox-text-to-sp.patch
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ index 0000000..0c035a7
 +const char * PICO_VOICE_NAME                = "PicoVoice";
 +
 +/* supported voices
-+   Pico does not seperately specify the voice and locale.   */
++   Pico does not separately specify the voice and locale.   */
 +const char * picoSupportedLangIso3[]        = { "eng",              "eng",              "deu",              "spa",              "fra",              "ita" };
 +const char * picoSupportedCountryIso3[]     = { "USA",              "GBR",              "DEU",              "ESP",              "FRA",              "ITA" };
 +const char * picoSupportedLang[]            = { "en-US",            "en-GB",            "de-DE",            "es-ES",            "fr-FR",            "it-IT" };