diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 229b62d..1f01e29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ make DESTDIR="/temporary/install/location" install # install binaries, headers a
 * There are [MacPorts packages](https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=syncthingtray-devel) to build Syncthing Tray
 
 #### Development builds
-During development I find it useful to build all required projects (for instace c++utilities, qtutilities, tagparser and tageditor) as one big
+During development I find it useful to build all required projects (for instance c++utilities, qtutilities, tagparser and tageditor) as one big
 project.
 
 This can be easily achieved by using CMake's `add_subdirectory()` function. For project files see the repository
diff --git a/application/argumentparser.cpp b/application/argumentparser.cpp
index 201a0be..2f088af 100644
--- a/application/argumentparser.cpp
+++ b/application/argumentparser.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void ArgumentSuggestion::addTo(multiset<ArgumentSuggestion> &suggestions, size_t
  * \remarks
  * - For meaning of parameters see documentation of corresponding member variables.
  * - Results are stored in specified \a args and assigned sub arguments.
- * - This class is explicitely *not* part of the public API.
+ * - This class is explicitly *not* part of the public API.
  */
 
 /*!
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ bool ArgumentReader::read(ArgumentVector &args)
 /*!
  * \class Wrapper
  * \brief The Wrapper class is internally used print text which might needs to be wrapped preserving the indentation.
- * \remarks This class is explicitely *not* part of the public API.
+ * \remarks This class is explicitly *not* part of the public API.
  */
 
 ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const Wrapper &wrapper)
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ inline bool notEmpty(const char *str)
  * \class Argument
  * \brief The Argument class is a wrapper for command line argument information.
  *
- * Instaces of the Argument class are used as definition when parsing command line
+ * Instances of the Argument class are used as definition when parsing command line
  * arguments. Arguments can be assigned to an ArgumentParser using
  * ArgumentParser::setMainArguments() and to another Argument instance using
  * Argument::setSecondaryArguments().
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ void ArgumentParser::readArgs(int argc, const char *const *argv)
         throw ParseError(argsToString("The specified argument \"", *reader.argv, "\" is unknown.", suggestions));
     }
 
-    // print Bash completion and prevent the applicaton to continue with the regular execution
+    // print Bash completion and prevent the application to continue with the regular execution
     if (completionMode) {
         printBashCompletion(argc, argv, currentWordIndex, reader);
         invokeExit(0);
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ void ArgumentParser::printBashCompletion(int argc, const char *const *argv, unsi
     if (argc && completionInfo.nextArgumentOrValue) {
         if (currentWordIndex < static_cast<unsigned int>(argc)) {
             opening = argv[currentWordIndex];
-            // For some reason completions for eg. "set --values disk=1 tag=a" are splitted so the
+            // For some reason completions for eg. "set --values disk=1 tag=a" are split so the
             // equation sign is an own argument ("set --values disk = 1 tag = a").
             // This is not how values are treated by the argument parser. Hence the opening
             // must be joined again. In this case only the part after the equation sign needs to be
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ void ArgumentParser::printBashCompletion(int argc, const char *const *argv, unsi
         cout << "; compopt -o filenames";
     }
 
-    // ensure trailing whitespace is ommitted
+    // ensure trailing whitespace is omitted
     if (noWhitespace) {
         cout << "; compopt -o nospace";
     }
@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ void ArgumentParser::printBashCompletion(int argc, const char *const *argv, unsi
 
 /*!
  * \brief Checks the constrains of the specified \a args.
- * \remarks Checks the contraints of sub arguments, too.
+ * \remarks Checks the constraints of sub arguments, too.
  */
 void ArgumentParser::checkConstraints(const ArgumentVector &args)
 {
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ void ArgumentParser::checkConstraints(const ArgumentVector &args)
             throw ParseError(ss.str());
         }
 
-        // check contraints of sub arguments recursively
+        // check constraints of sub arguments recursively
         checkConstraints(arg->m_subArgs);
     }
 }
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ HelpArgument::HelpArgument(ArgumentParser &parser)
  * \brief The NoColorArgument class allows to specify whether use of escape codes or similar technique to provide formatted output
  *        on the terminal should be enabled/disabled.
  *
- * This argument will either prevent or explicitely allow the use of escape codes or similar technique to provide formatted output
+ * This argument will either prevent or explicitly allow the use of escape codes or similar technique to provide formatted output
  * on the terminal. More explicitly, the argument will always allow to negate the default value of EscapeCodes::enabled which can be
  * configured at build time by setting the CMake variable ENABLE_ESCAPE_CODES_BY_DEFAULT.
  *
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ NoColorArgument::NoColorArgument()
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Sets EscapeCodes::enabled according to the presense of the first instantiation of NoColorArgument.
+ * \brief Sets EscapeCodes::enabled according to the presence of the first instantiation of NoColorArgument.
  */
 void NoColorArgument::apply() const
 {
diff --git a/application/argumentparser.h b/application/argumentparser.h
index f97e6a8..b85576d 100644
--- a/application/argumentparser.h
+++ b/application/argumentparser.h
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ inline void Argument::setRequiredValueCount(std::size_t requiredValueCount)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns the names of the requried values.
+ * \brief Returns the names of the required values.
  *
  * These names will be shown when printing information about the argument.
  *
@@ -678,12 +678,12 @@ inline const std::vector<const char *> &Argument::valueNames() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Sets the names of the requried values. These names will be used
+ * \brief Sets the names of the required values. These names will be used
  *        when printing information about the argument.
  *
- * If the number of value names is higher than the number of requried values
+ * If the number of value names is higher than the number of required values
  * the additional value names will be ignored.
- * If the number of value names is lesser than the number of requried values
+ * If the number of value names is lesser than the number of required values
  * generic values will be used for the missing names.
  *
  * \sa appendValueName()
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ inline std::size_t Argument::occurrences() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns the indices of the argument's occurences which could be detected when parsing.
+ * \brief Returns the indices of the argument's occurrences which could be detected when parsing.
  */
 inline std::size_t Argument::index(std::size_t occurrence) const
 {
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ inline const Argument::CallbackFunction &Argument::callback() const
 
 /*!
  * \brief Sets a \a callback function which will be called by the parser if
- *        the argument could be found and no parsing errors occured.
+ *        the argument could be found and no parsing errors occurred.
  * \remarks The \a callback will be called for each occurrence of the argument.
  * \sa callback()
  */
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ inline const char *Argument::preDefinedCompletionValues() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Assignes the values to be used when generating completion for the values.
+ * \brief Assigns the values to be used when generating completion for the values.
  */
 inline void Argument::setPreDefinedCompletionValues(const char *preDefinedCompletionValues)
 {
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ inline void ArgumentParser::setDefaultArgument(Argument *argument)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Checks whether contraints are violated.
+ * \brief Checks whether constraints are violated.
  * \remarks Automatically called by parseArgs().
  * \throws Throws Failure if constraints are violated.
  */
diff --git a/application/commandlineutils.cpp b/application/commandlineutils.cpp
index eef1d05..ce7b0a3 100644
--- a/application/commandlineutils.cpp
+++ b/application/commandlineutils.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ TerminalSize determineTerminalSize()
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 /*!
  * \brief Closes stdout, stdin and stderr and stops the console.
- * \remarks Interanlly used by startConsole() to close the console when the application exits.
+ * \remarks Internally used by startConsole() to close the console when the application exits.
  */
 void stopConsole()
 {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void stopConsole()
  *   least when using `cmd.exe`).
  * - Used to start a console from a GUI application. Does *not* create a new console if the process already has one.
  * - Closes the console automatically when the application exits.
- * - It breaks redirecting stdout/stderr so this can be opted-out by setting the enviornment
+ * - It breaks redirecting stdout/stderr so this can be opted-out by setting the environment
  *   variable `ENABLE_CONSOLE=0` and/or `ENABLE_CP_UTF8=0`.
  * \sa
  * - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/AttachConsole
diff --git a/chrono/datetime.cpp b/chrono/datetime.cpp
index 32f7506..11a4953 100644
--- a/chrono/datetime.cpp
+++ b/chrono/datetime.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ template <typename num1, typename num2, typename num3> constexpr bool inRangeExc
  * \todo
  * - Add method for parsing custom string formats.
  * - Add method for printing to custom string formats.
- * - Allow to determine the date part for each compontent at once to prevent multiple
+ * - Allow to determine the date part for each component at once to prevent multiple
  *   invocations of getDatePart().
  */
 
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ DateTime DateTime::fromString(const char *str)
     int *const secondsIndex = values + 5;
     int *valueIndex = values;
     int *const valuesEnd = values + 7;
-    double miliSecondsFact = 100.0, miliSeconds = 0.0;
+    double millisecondsFact = 100.0, milliseconds = 0.0;
     for (const char *strIndex = str;; ++strIndex) {
         const char c = *strIndex;
         if (c <= '9' && c >= '0') {
             if (valueIndex > secondsIndex) {
-                miliSeconds += (c - '0') * miliSecondsFact;
-                miliSecondsFact /= 10;
+                milliseconds += (c - '0') * millisecondsFact;
+                millisecondsFact /= 10;
             } else {
                 Detail::raiseAndAdd(*valueIndex, 10, c);
             }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ DateTime DateTime::fromString(const char *str)
             throw ConversionException(argsToString("Unexpected character \"", c, '\"'));
         }
     }
-    return DateTime::fromDateAndTime(values[0], values[1], *dayIndex, values[3], values[4], *secondsIndex, miliSeconds);
+    return DateTime::fromDateAndTime(values[0], values[1], *dayIndex, values[3], values[4], *secondsIndex, milliseconds);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ std::pair<DateTime, TimeSpan> DateTime::fromIsoString(const char *str)
     int *valueIndex = values;
     unsigned int remainingDigits = 4;
     bool deltaNegative = false;
-    double miliSecondsFact = 100.0, miliSeconds = 0.0;
+    double millisecondsFact = 100.0, milliseconds = 0.0;
     for (const char *strIndex = str;; ++strIndex) {
         const char c = *strIndex;
         if (c <= '9' && c >= '0') {
             if (valueIndex == miliSecondsIndex) {
-                miliSeconds += (c - '0') * miliSecondsFact;
-                miliSecondsFact /= 10;
+                milliseconds += (c - '0') * millisecondsFact;
+                millisecondsFact /= 10;
             } else {
                 if (!remainingDigits) {
                     if (++valueIndex == miliSecondsIndex || valueIndex >= valuesEnd) {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ std::pair<DateTime, TimeSpan> DateTime::fromIsoString(const char *str)
     if (valueIndex < dayIndex && !*dayIndex) {
         *dayIndex = 1;
     }
-    return make_pair(DateTime::fromDateAndTime(*yearIndex, *monthIndex, *dayIndex, *hourIndex, values[4], *secondsIndex, miliSeconds), delta);
+    return make_pair(DateTime::fromDateAndTime(*yearIndex, *monthIndex, *dayIndex, *hourIndex, values[4], *secondsIndex, milliseconds), delta);
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/chrono/datetime.h b/chrono/datetime.h
index 45c280a..77ec6d0 100644
--- a/chrono/datetime.h
+++ b/chrono/datetime.h
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ constexpr inline int DateTime::nanosecond() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns ture if the date represented by the current DateTime class is null.
+ * \brief Returns true if the date represented by the current DateTime class is null.
  * \sa DateTime
  */
 constexpr inline bool DateTime::isNull() const
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ constexpr inline DateTime DateTime::operator+(const TimeSpan &timeSpan) const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Substracts another instance.
+ * \brief Subtracts another instance.
  * \returns The result is another DateTime.
  */
 constexpr inline DateTime DateTime::operator-(const TimeSpan &timeSpan) const
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ constexpr inline TimeSpan DateTime::operator+(const DateTime &other) const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Substracts two DateTime instances.
+ * \brief Subtracts two DateTime instances.
  * \returns The result is a TimeSpan.
  * \remarks For expressing the delta between two concrete DateTime instances in terms of
  *          years, month and days, use Period::Period instead.
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ inline DateTime &DateTime::operator+=(const TimeSpan &timeSpan)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Substracts a TimeSpan from the current instance.
+ * \brief Subtracts a TimeSpan from the current instance.
  */
 inline DateTime &DateTime::operator-=(const TimeSpan &timeSpan)
 {
diff --git a/chrono/timespan.h b/chrono/timespan.h
index 9c245fa..a789284 100644
--- a/chrono/timespan.h
+++ b/chrono/timespan.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class DateTime;
  * \sa TimeSpan::toString()
  */
 enum class TimeSpanOutputFormat {
-    Normal, /**< the normal form of specifing a time interval: hh:mm:ss */
+    Normal, /**< the normal form of specifying a time interval: hh:mm:ss */
     WithMeasures, /**< measures are used, eg.: 34 d 5 h 10 min 7 s 31 ms */
     TotalSeconds, /**< total seconds (as returned by totalSeconds()), eg. 2304.342 */
 };
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ constexpr inline TimeSpan::TimeSpan(std::int64_t ticks)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Constructs a new instance of the TimeSpan class with the specified number of miliseconds.
+ * \brief Constructs a new instance of the TimeSpan class with the specified number of milliseconds.
  */
 constexpr inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::fromMilliseconds(double milliseconds)
 {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::fromString(const std::string &str, char separator)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Constructs a new instace of the TimeSpan class with the minimal number of ticks.
+ * \brief Constructs a new instance of the TimeSpan class with the minimal number of ticks.
  */
 constexpr inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::negativeInfinity()
 {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ constexpr inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::negativeInfinity()
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Constructs a new instace of the TimeSpan class with the maximal number of ticks.
+ * \brief Constructs a new instance of the TimeSpan class with the maximal number of ticks.
  */
 constexpr inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::infinity()
 {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ constexpr int TimeSpan::microseconds() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns the miliseconds component of the time interval represented by the current TimeSpan class.
+ * \brief Returns the milliseconds component of the time interval represented by the current TimeSpan class.
  */
 constexpr inline int TimeSpan::milliseconds() const
 {
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ constexpr inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::operator+(const TimeSpan &other) const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Substracts one TimeSpan instance from another.
+ * \brief Subtracts one TimeSpan instance from another.
  */
 constexpr inline TimeSpan TimeSpan::operator-(const TimeSpan &other) const
 {
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ inline TimeSpan &TimeSpan::operator+=(const TimeSpan &other)
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Substracts another TimeSpan from the current instance.
+ * \brief Subtracts another TimeSpan from the current instance.
  */
 inline TimeSpan &TimeSpan::operator-=(const TimeSpan &other)
 {
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ inline std::string TimeSpan::toString(TimeSpanOutputFormat format, bool fullSeco
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns ture if the time interval represented by the current TimeSpan class is null.
+ * \brief Returns true if the time interval represented by the current TimeSpan class is null.
  */
 constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isNull() const
 {
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isNull() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns ture if the time interval represented by the current TimeSpan class is negative.
+ * \brief Returns true if the time interval represented by the current TimeSpan class is negative.
  */
 constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isNegative() const
 {
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isNegative() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns whether the time inverval represented by the current instance is the smallest representable TimeSpan.
+ * \brief Returns whether the time interval represented by the current instance is the smallest representable TimeSpan.
  */
 constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isNegativeInfinity() const
 {
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isNegativeInfinity() const
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Returns whether the time inverval represented by the current instance is the longest representable TimeSpan.
+ * \brief Returns whether the time interval represented by the current instance is the longest representable TimeSpan.
  */
 constexpr inline bool TimeSpan::isInfinity() const
 {
diff --git a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
index c589047..3cd3346 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif ()
 message(STATUS "Configuring project ${META_PROJECT_NAME}")
 project(${META_PROJECT_NAME})
 
-# set META_PROJECT_VARNAME and META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER if not specified explicitely
+# set META_PROJECT_VARNAME and META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER if not specified explicitly
 if (NOT META_PROJECT_VARNAME)
     set(META_PROJECT_VARNAME "${META_PROJECT_NAME}")
 endif ()
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ set(META_DATA_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/${META_PROJECT_NAME}${META_CONFI
 set(META_DATA_DIR_ABSOLUTE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATAROOTDIR}/${META_PROJECT_NAME}${META_CONFIG_SUFFIX}")
 string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" META_CURRENT_CONFIGURATION)
 
-# set META_GENERIC_NAME to META_APP_NAME if not specified explicitely
+# set META_GENERIC_NAME to META_APP_NAME if not specified explicitly
 if (NOT META_GENERIC_NAME)
     set(META_GENERIC_NAME "${META_APP_NAME}")
 endif ()
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ if (NOT META_CXX_STANDARD)
     set(META_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 endif ()
 
-# set version to 0.0.0 if not specified explicitely
+# set version to 0.0.0 if not specified explicitly
 if (NOT META_VERSION_MAJOR)
     set(META_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 endif ()
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ else ()
     endforeach ()
 endif ()
 
-# enable useful warnings and explicitely disable not useful ones and treat warnings them as errors
+# enable useful warnings and explicitly disable not useful ones and treat warnings them as errors
 option(ENABLE_WARNINGS "adds additional compiler flags to enable useful warnings" "${ENABLE_DEVEL_DEFAULTS}")
 set(CLANG_WARNINGS
     -Wall
diff --git a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
index c7578bf..d76529d 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ macro (compute_dependencies_for_package_config DEPENDS OUTPUT_VAR_PKGS OUTPUT_VA
         elseif ("${DEPENDENCY}" MATCHES "\\\$\\<INSTALL_INTERFACE:(.*)\\>")
             continue()
         endif ()
-        # find the name of the pkg-config package for the depencency
+        # find the name of the pkg-config package for the dependency
         string(REPLACE "::" "_" DEPENDENCY_VARNAME "${DEPENDENCY}")
         if (PKG_CONFIG_${DEPENDENCY_VARNAME})
             # add pkg-config modules for the dependency
diff --git a/conversion/binaryconversion.h b/conversion/binaryconversion.h
index ba71249..750d1e4 100644
--- a/conversion/binaryconversion.h
+++ b/conversion/binaryconversion.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 // detect (float) byte order according to other macros
 #if !defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) || !defined(__FLOAT_WORD_ORDER__)
 
-// assume little endian from the precense of several macros
+// assume little endian from the presence of several macros
 #if defined(__i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(_M_X64)      \
     || defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) || defined(_little_endian__) || defined(_LITTLE_ENDIAN) || defined(_WIN32_WCE) || defined(WINAPI_FAMILY)
 #if !defined(__BYTE_ORDER__)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #define CONVERSION_UTILITIES_FLOAT_BYTE_ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #endif
 
-// assume big endian from the precense of several macros
+// assume big endian from the presence of several macros
 #elif defined(__MIPSEB__) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) || defined(_big_endian__) || defined(_BIG_ENDIAN)
 #if !defined(__BYTE_ORDER__)
 #define CONVERSION_UTILITIES_IS_BYTE_ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN false
diff --git a/conversion/stringconversion.h b/conversion/stringconversion.h
index 37a11ff..2719fcd 100644
--- a/conversion/stringconversion.h
+++ b/conversion/stringconversion.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ template <class Container> using StringParamForContainer = std::basic_string_vie
  * \param delimiter Specifies a delimiter to be used (empty string by default).
  * \param omitEmpty Indicates whether empty part should be omitted.
  * \param leftClosure Specifies a string to be inserted before each string (empty string by default).
- * \param rightClosure Specifies a string to be appendend after each string (empty string by default).
+ * \param rightClosure Specifies a string to be appended after each string (empty string by default).
  * \tparam Container Container The STL-container used to provide the \a strings.
  * \tparam ReturnType Type to store the result; defaults to the container's element type.
  * \returns Returns the joined string.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ enum class EmptyPartsTreat {
 
 /*!
  * \brief Splits the given \a string at the specified \a delimiter.
- * \param string The string to be splitted.
+ * \param string The string to be split.
  * \param delimiter Specifies the delimiter.
  * \param emptyPartsRole Specifies the treatment of empty parts.
  * \param maxParts Specifies the maximal number of parts. Values less or equal zero indicate an unlimited number of parts.
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Container splitString(Detail::StringParamForContainer<Container> string, Detail:
 
 /*!
  * \brief Splits the given \a string (which might also be a string view) at the specified \a delimiter.
- * \param string The string to be splitted.
+ * \param string The string to be split.
  * \param delimiter Specifies the delimiter.
  * \param maxParts Specifies the maximal number of parts. Values less or equal zero indicate an unlimited number of parts.
  * \tparam Container The STL-container used to return the parts.
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ bool containsSubstrings(const StringType &str, std::initializer_list<const typen
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Replaces all occurences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
+ * \brief Replaces all occurrences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
  */
 template <typename StringType1, typename StringType2, typename StringType3>
 void findAndReplace(StringType1 &str, const StringType2 &find, const StringType3 &replace)
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void findAndReplace(StringType1 &str, const StringType2 &find, const StringType3
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Replaces all occurences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
+ * \brief Replaces all occurrences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
  */
 template <typename StringType>
 inline void findAndReplace(StringType &str, const typename StringType::value_type *find, const typename StringType::value_type *replace)
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ inline void findAndReplace(StringType &str, const typename StringType::value_typ
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Replaces all occurences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
+ * \brief Replaces all occurrences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
  */
 template <typename StringType1, typename StringType2>
 inline void findAndReplace(StringType1 &str, const StringType2 &find, const typename StringType1::value_type *replace)
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ inline void findAndReplace(StringType1 &str, const StringType2 &find, const type
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief Replaces all occurences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
+ * \brief Replaces all occurrences of \a find with \a relpace in the specified \a str.
  */
 template <typename StringType1, typename StringType2>
 inline void findAndReplace(StringType1 &str, const typename StringType1::value_type *find, const StringType2 &replace)
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ StringType numberToString(IntegralType number, BaseType base = 10)
  * \brief Converts the given \a number to its equivalent string representation using the specified \a base.
  * \tparam FloatingType The data type of the given number.
  * \tparam StringType The string type (should be an instantiation of the basic_string class template).
- * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream interanlly and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
+ * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream internally and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
  *          \a base and types).
  * \sa stringToNumber(), bufferToNumber()
  */
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ IntegralType stringToNumber(const StringType &string, BaseType base = 10)
  * \tparam FloatingType The data type used to store the converted value.
  * \tparam StringViewType The string view type (must be an instantiation of the basic_string_view class template).
  * \throws A ConversionException will be thrown if the provided \a string is not a valid number.
- * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream interanlly and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
+ * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream internally and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
  *          \a base and types).
  * \sa numberToString(), bufferToNumber()
  */
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ FloatingType stringToNumber(StringViewType stringView, int base = 10)
  * \tparam FloatingType The data type used to store the converted value.
  * \tparam StringType The string type (should be an instantiation of the basic_string class template).
  * \throws A ConversionException will be thrown if the provided \a string is not a valid number.
- * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream interanlly and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
+ * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream internally and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
  *          \a base and types).
  * \sa numberToString(), bufferToNumber()
  */
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ IntegralType stringToNumber(const CharType *string, BaseType base = 10)
  * \tparam FloatingType The data type used to store the converted value.
  * \tparam CharType The character type.
  * \throws A ConversionException will be thrown if the provided \a string is not a valid number.
- * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream interanlly and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
+ * \remarks This function is using std::basic_stringstream internally and hence also has its limitations (eg. regarding
  *          \a base and types).
  * \sa numberToString(), bufferToNumber()
  */
diff --git a/doc/buildvariables.md b/doc/buildvariables.md
index 840d9d8..bbc29cb 100644
--- a/doc/buildvariables.md
+++ b/doc/buildvariables.md
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ and qtutilities.
 ### Meta-data and overall project configuration
 * `META_PROJECT_NAME=name`: specifies the project name which is used as the
   application/library name, mustn't contain spaces
-* `META_APP_NAME=The Name`: specifies a more readible version of the project
+* `META_APP_NAME=The Name`: specifies a more readable version of the project
   name used for instance in about dialog and desktop file
 * `META_APP_AUTHOR`: specifies the author shown in for instance in about
   dialog
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ and qtutilities.
   `CLANG_FORMAT_ENABLED` for this project
 * `META_NO_INSTALL_TARGETS`: the project is not meant to be installed, eg.
   private test helper; prevents creation of install targets
-* `META_ADD_DEFAULT_CPP_UNIT_TEST_APPLICATION`: implicitely add a source file
+* `META_ADD_DEFAULT_CPP_UNIT_TEST_APPLICATION`: implicitly add a source file
   with a main()-entry point to test target for running CppUnit test cases
 
 ### Files
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ and qtutilities.
 * `WIDGETS_HEADER_FILES`/`WIDGETS_SRC_FILES`: specifies C++ header/source files
   only required for Qt Widgets GUI
 * `QML_HEADER_FILES`/`QML_SRC_FILES`/`QML_RES_FILES`: specifies C++
-  header/source files and Qt resouce files only required for Qt Quick GUI
+  header/source files and Qt resource files only required for Qt Quick GUI
 * `EXCLUDED_FILES`: specifies C++ files which are part of the project (and therefore
   should be formatted by the `tidy` target, added to the documentation and considered
   for translations) but are excluded from the actual build; when adding files
   conditionally to the other `_FILES` variables, be sure to add them at least
   to `EXCLUDED_FILES`
-* `DOC_FILES`: additional markdown files to be inlcuded in the documentation
+* `DOC_FILES`: additional markdown files to be included in the documentation
   created via Doxygen; the first file is used as the main page
 * `REQUIRED_ICONS`: names of the icons required by the application and the
   used libraries (can be generated with
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ controlled by the variables documented above. Most important modules are:
     * used by Tag Editor and Syncthing Tray to select between Qt WebEngine,
       Qt WebKit or disabling the built-in webview
 * `LibraryTarget`: does further configuration for building dynamic and static
-  libraries and plugins; `META_PROJECT_TYPE` can be left empty or set explicitely
+  libraries and plugins; `META_PROJECT_TYPE` can be left empty or set explicitly
   to `library`
 * `AppTarget`: does further configuration for building an application;
   `META_PROJECT_TYPE` must be set to `application`
diff --git a/io/bitreader.h b/io/bitreader.h
index 348a66c..e6893ab 100644
--- a/io/bitreader.h
+++ b/io/bitreader.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private:
  * \brief Constructs a new BitReader.
  * \remarks
  *  - Does not take ownership over the specified \a buffer.
- *  - bufferSize must be equal or greather than 1.
+ *  - bufferSize must be equal or greater than 1.
  */
 inline BitReader::BitReader(const char *buffer, std::size_t bufferSize)
     : BitReader(buffer, buffer + bufferSize)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ inline BitReader::BitReader(const char *buffer, std::size_t bufferSize)
  * \brief Constructs a new BitReader.
  * \remarks
  *  - Does not take ownership over the specified \a buffer.
- *  - \a end must be greather than \a buffer.
+ *  - \a end must be greater than \a buffer.
  */
 inline BitReader::BitReader(const char *buffer, const char *end)
     : m_buffer(reinterpret_cast<const std::uint8_t *>(buffer))
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ inline std::size_t BitReader::bitsAvailable()
  * \brief Resets the reader.
  * \remarks
  *  - Does not take ownership over the specified \a buffer.
- *  - bufferSize must be equal or greather than 1.
+ *  - bufferSize must be equal or greater than 1.
  */
 inline void BitReader::reset(const char *buffer, std::size_t bufferSize)
 {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ inline void BitReader::reset(const char *buffer, std::size_t bufferSize)
  * \brief Resets the reader.
  * \remarks
  *  - Does not take ownership over the specified \a buffer.
- *  - \a end must be greather than \a buffer.
+ *  - \a end must be greater than \a buffer.
  */
 inline void BitReader::reset(const char *buffer, const char *end)
 {
diff --git a/misc/multiarray.h b/misc/multiarray.h
index 5998348..5b3ee39 100644
--- a/misc/multiarray.h
+++ b/misc/multiarray.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct NoneOwningMultiArray {
 /// \brief The MultiArray class provides an *N*-dimensional array.
 /// \tparam T Specifies the type of the data the MultiArray is supposed to contain.
 /// \tparam UnderlyingContainer Specifies the type of the underlying container to use.
-/// \tparam Dimentions Specifies the types used to store the limit/size of the dimentions. Must be safely castable to std::size_t.
+/// \tparam Dimensions Specifies the types used to store the limit/size of the dimensions. Must be safely castable to std::size_t.
 template <typename T, typename UnderlyingContainer, typename... Dimensions> class MultiArray {
 public:
     MultiArray(Dimensions... dimensionSizes);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private:
     typename UnderlyingContainer::template Type<T> m_buff;
 };
 
-/// \brief Constructs a new *N*-dimensional array. The sizes for the dimensions are passed as arguments and must be greather than zero.
+/// \brief Constructs a new *N*-dimensional array. The sizes for the dimensions are passed as arguments and must be greater than zero.
 /// \remarks The number of dimensions *N* is deduced from the number of \a dimensionSizes.
 /// \sa makeMultiArray(), makeFixedSizeMultiArray() and makeNoneOwningMultiArray() for more convenient construction
 template <typename T, typename UnderlyingContainer, typename... Dimensions>
diff --git a/tests/argumentparsertests.cpp b/tests/argumentparsertests.cpp
index 4d0a624..0cd9d4b 100644
--- a/tests/argumentparsertests.cpp
+++ b/tests/argumentparsertests.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void ArgumentParserTests::testParsing()
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!strcmp(e.what(), "The argument \"verbose\" mustn't be specified more than 1 time."));
     }
 
-    // constraint checking: no contraint (not resetting verboseArg on purpose)
+    // constraint checking: no constraint (not resetting verboseArg on purpose)
     displayFileInfoArg.reset();
     fileArg.reset();
     verboseArg.setConstraints(0, Argument::varValueCount);
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void ArgumentParserTests::testParsing()
     parser.parseArgs(4, argv4, ParseArgumentBehavior::CheckConstraints | ParseArgumentBehavior::InvokeCallbacks);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg().isPresent());
 
-    // contraint checking: error about missing mandatory argument
+    // constraint checking: error about missing mandatory argument
     const char *argv5[] = { "tageditor", "-i", "-f", "test" };
     displayFileInfoArg.reset();
     fileArg.reset();
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ void ArgumentParserTests::testBashCompletion()
  */
 void ArgumentParserTests::testHelp()
 {
-    // identation
+    // indentation
     Indentation indent;
     indent = indent + 3;
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(static_cast<unsigned char>(4 + 3), indent.level);
diff --git a/tests/chronotests.cpp b/tests/chronotests.cpp
index 64e55cf..176267f 100644
--- a/tests/chronotests.cpp
+++ b/tests/chronotests.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static_assert(TimeSpan::fromDays(20.5).totalDays() == 20.5, "totalDays()");
 
 /*!
  * \brief The ChronoTests class tests classes and functions provided by the files inside the chrono directory.
- * \remarks Before comitting any changes to this test, run with different timezones to prevent
+ * \remarks Before committing any changes to this test, run with different timezones to prevent
  *          mistakes like timezone-dependent checks. (Eg. set environment variable TZ to different
  *          values like 'UTC' or 'America/Los_Angeles'.)
  */
diff --git a/tests/testutils.h b/tests/testutils.h
index 5a97210..671743a 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.h
+++ b/tests/testutils.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private:
 /*!
  * \brief Returns whether the TestApplication instance is valid.
  *
- * An instance is considered invalid if an error occured when
+ * An instance is considered invalid if an error occurred when
  * parsing the command line arguments.
  */
 inline TestApplication::operator bool() const