diff --git a/fs/ntfs/layout.h b/fs/ntfs/layout.h
index 8b2549f..faece71 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/layout.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/layout.h
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
  * fragmented. Volume free space includes the empty part of the mft zone and
  * when the volume's free 88% are used up, the mft zone is shrunk by a factor
  * of 2, thus making more space available for more files/data. This process is
- * repeated everytime there is no more free space except for the mft zone until
+ * repeated every time there is no more free space except for the mft zone until
  * there really is no more free space.
  */
 
@@ -1657,13 +1657,13 @@
  *	pointed to by the Owner field was provided by a defaulting mechanism
  *	rather than explicitly provided by the original provider of the
  *	security descriptor.  This may affect the treatment of the SID with
- *	respect to inheritence of an owner.
+ *	respect to inheritance of an owner.
  *
  * SE_GROUP_DEFAULTED - This boolean flag, when set, indicates that the SID in
  *	the Group field was provided by a defaulting mechanism rather than
  *	explicitly provided by the original provider of the security
  *	descriptor.  This may affect the treatment of the SID with respect to
- *	inheritence of a primary group.
+ *	inheritance of a primary group.
  *
  * SE_DACL_PRESENT - This boolean flag, when set, indicates that the security
  *	descriptor contains a discretionary ACL.  If this flag is set and the
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@
  *	pointed to by the Dacl field was provided by a defaulting mechanism
  *	rather than explicitly provided by the original provider of the
  *	security descriptor.  This may affect the treatment of the ACL with
- *	respect to inheritence of an ACL.  This flag is ignored if the
+ *	respect to inheritance of an ACL.  This flag is ignored if the
  *	DaclPresent flag is not set.
  *
  * SE_SACL_PRESENT - This boolean flag, when set,  indicates that the security
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@
  *	pointed to by the Sacl field was provided by a defaulting mechanism
  *	rather than explicitly provided by the original provider of the
  *	security descriptor.  This may affect the treatment of the ACL with
- *	respect to inheritence of an ACL.  This flag is ignored if the
+ *	respect to inheritance of an ACL.  This flag is ignored if the
  *	SaclPresent flag is not set.
  *
  * SE_SELF_RELATIVE - This boolean flag, when set, indicates that the security
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@
 	//		   the key_length is zero, then the vcn immediately
 	//		   follows the INDEX_ENTRY_HEADER. Regardless of
 	//		   key_length, the address of the 8-byte boundary
-	//		   alligned vcn of INDEX_ENTRY{_HEADER} *ie is given by
+	//		   aligned vcn of INDEX_ENTRY{_HEADER} *ie is given by
 	//		   (char*)ie + le16_to_cpu(ie*)->length) - sizeof(VCN),
 	//		   where sizeof(VCN) can be hardcoded as 8 if wanted. */
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__)) INDEX_ENTRY;