diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 847c6ee..8a89e0e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Follow further releases via the `atom feed <https://github.com/rbreu/beeref/rele
 Development Version
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-To get the current delevopment version, you need to have a working Python 3 environment. Run the following command to install the development version::
+To get the current development version, you need to have a working Python 3 environment. Run the following command to install the development version::
 
   pip install git+https://github.com/rbreu/beeref.git
 
diff --git a/beeref/config.py b/beeref/config.py
index ca71034..c62bce2 100644
--- a/beeref/config.py
+++ b/beeref/config.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
 class CommandlineArgs:
     """Wrapper around argument parsing.
 
-    Checking for unknown arugments is configurable so that it can be
+    Checking for unknown arguments is configurable so that it can be
     deliberately enabled from the main() function while ignored for
     other imports so that unit tests won't fail.
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class KeyboardSettings(QtCore.QSettings):
         values = self.value(f'{group}/{key}')
         if values is not None:
             values = list(filter(lambda x: x, values.split(', ')))
-            logger.debug(f'Found custom shorcuts for {group}/{key}: {values}')
+            logger.debug(f'Found custom shortcuts for {group}/{key}: {values}')
             return values
         return default or []
 
diff --git a/beeref/fileio/sql.py b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
index cc9e56f..96f7f70 100644
--- a/beeref/fileio/sql.py
+++ b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def is_bee_file(path):
-    """Check wether the file at the given path is a bee file."""
+    """Check whether the file at the given path is a bee file."""
 
     print(os.path.splitext(path)[1])
     return os.path.splitext(path)[1] == '.bee'
diff --git a/beeref/selection.py b/beeref/selection.py
index 82683e0..7ec304e 100644
--- a/beeref/selection.py
+++ b/beeref/selection.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def with_anchor(func):
     """
 
     def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        # We caculate where the anchor is before and after the transformation
+        # We calculate where the anchor is before and after the transformation
         # and then move the item accordingly to keep the anchor fixed
 
         anchor = kwargs.pop('anchor', None)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class SelectableMixin(BaseItemMixin):
         path.addRect(utils.get_rect_from_points(p1, p2))
 
         # Substract the scale area:
-        # We need to make the substracted shape slighty bigger due to this bug:
+        # We need to make the substracted shape slightly bigger due to this bug:
         # https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-57567
         return path - self.get_scale_bounds(corner, margin=0.001)
 
diff --git a/beeref/view.py b/beeref/view.py
index 64b7095..a750070 100644
--- a/beeref/view.py
+++ b/beeref/view.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class BeeGraphicsView(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, ActionsMixin):
         """Callback for when loading of images is finished.
 
         :param new_scene: True if the scene was empty before, else False
-        :param filename: Not used, for compability only
+        :param filename: Not used, for compatibility only
         :param errors: List of filenames that couldn't be loaded
         """
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class BeeGraphicsView(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, ActionsMixin):
         logger.debug(f'Supported image types for reading: {formats}')
         filenames, f = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames(
             parent=self,
-            caption='Select one ore more images to open',
+            caption='Select one or more images to open',
             filter=f'Images ({formats})')
         self.do_insert_images(filenames)
 
@@ -562,10 +562,10 @@ class BeeGraphicsView(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, ActionsMixin):
             logger.debug('No items in scene; ignore zoom')
             return
 
-        # We caculate where the anchor is before and after the zoom
+        # We calculate where the anchor is before and after the zoom
         # and then move the view accordingly to keep the anchor fixed
         # We can't use QGraphicsView's AnchorUnderMouse since it
-        # uses the current cursor position while we need the inital mouse
+        # uses the current cursor position while we need the initial mouse
         # press position for zooming with Ctrl + Middle Drag
         anchor = QtCore.QPoint(round(anchor.x()),
                                round(anchor.y()))