diff --git a/Lib/packaging/pypi/dist.py b/Lib/packaging/pypi/dist.py
index dbf6459..541465e 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/pypi/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/pypi/dist.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
         """Sort the results with the given properties.
 
         The `prefer_final` argument can be used to specify if final
-        distributions (eg. not dev, bet or alpha) would be prefered or not.
+        distributions (eg. not dev, beta or alpha) would be preferred or not.
 
         Results can be inverted by using `reverse`.
 
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/pypi/simple.py b/Lib/packaging/pypi/simple.py
index e01e033..44d98e1 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/pypi/simple.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/pypi/simple.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     def _register_release(self, release=None, release_info={}):
         """Register a new release.
 
-        Both a release or a dict of release_info can be provided, the prefered
+        Both a release or a dict of release_info can be provided, the preferred
         way (eg. the quicker) is the dict one.
 
         Return the list of existing releases for the given project.