diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index dbf62e5a63..9fd8b31350 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7737,7 +7737,7 @@
 
 	Architecture: Default to bf532 CPU variant for blackfin,
 	Fix flat one memory region support for m68k and disable flat
-	seperate data support because of compatibility issues.
+	separate data support because of compatibility issues.
 
 	Defconfigs: Minnowboard and Raspberrypi: Fix errors with
 	post-build scripts when systemd is used.
@@ -8273,7 +8273,7 @@
 
 	Minor fixes.
 
-	Merged/seperate /usr handling is now also performed for
+	Merged/separate /usr handling is now also performed for
 	staging so cross-gdb / gdbserver can find the libraries.
 
 	Updated/fixed packages: autossh, conntrack-tools, dcron,
diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 1c5af2652a..e95460f82b 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -3346,7 +3346,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POLICYCOREUTILS_RESTORECOND
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RESTORECOND
 	help
 	  The policycoreutils package no longer offers restorecond
-	  as a option.  This package has been moved into a seperate
+	  as a option.  This package has been moved into a separate
 	  package maintained by the SELinux maintainers.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SEPOLGEN
@@ -3940,7 +3940,7 @@ config BR2_GDB_VERSION_7_9
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2016.11"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_SAPI_CLI_CGI
-	bool "PHP CGI and CLI options are now seperate"
+	bool "PHP CGI and CLI options are now separate"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_SAPI_CLI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_SAPI_CGI
 	select BR2_LEGACY
@@ -4970,7 +4970,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_PVR_ADDONS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_PVR_VUPLUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_PVR_WMC
 	help
-	  Kodi PVR addon was split into seperate modules
+	  Kodi PVR addon was split into separate modules
 
 config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_23_2
 	bool "binutils 2.23 option renamed"
diff --git a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
index a02aad4302..e82ca2e1ee 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
+++ b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LEAFNODE2_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-runas-user=root
 
 # Leafnode2 needs the host version of b_sortnl during
-# compilation. Instead of creating a seperate host package and
+# compilation. Instead of creating a separate host package and
 # installing b_sortnl to $(HOST_DIR) this binary is compiled
 # on-the-fly, host-pcre is needed for this
 define LEAFNODE2_BUILD_SORTNL_TOOL
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index 806a747315..731dceaa17 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ config BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST
 	default "C en_US"
 	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE
 	help
-	  Whitespace seperated list of locales to allow on target.
+	  Whitespace separated list of locales to allow on target.
 	  Locales not listed here will be removed from the target.
 	  See 'locale -a' on your host for a list of locales available
 	  on your build host, or have a look in /usr/share/locale in