diff --git a/main/sc/source/filter/inc/xlstring.hxx b/main/sc/source/filter/inc/xlstring.hxx
index 387cc51e76..398d0f3e3a 100644
--- a/main/sc/source/filter/inc/xlstring.hxx
+++ b/main/sc/source/filter/inc/xlstring.hxx
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ const sal_uInt8 EXC_STRF_UNKNOWN            = 0xF2;
 // Fixed-size characters
 const sal_uInt8 EXC_LF_C                    = '\x0A';       /// LF character (used for line break).
 const sal_uInt16 EXC_LF                     = EXC_LF_C;     /// LF character (unicode).
-const sal_uInt8 EXC_NUL_C                   = '\x00';       /// NUL chararcter.
-const sal_uInt16 EXC_NUL                    = EXC_NUL_C;    /// NUL chararcter (unicode).
+const sal_uInt8 EXC_NUL_C                   = '\x00';       /// NUL character.
+const sal_uInt16 EXC_NUL                    = EXC_NUL_C;    /// NUL character (unicode).
 
 // Rich-string formatting runs ================================================
 
diff --git a/main/soltools/javadep/javadep.c b/main/soltools/javadep/javadep.c
index 7033722cce..8bc17df693 100644
--- a/main/soltools/javadep/javadep.c
+++ b/main/soltools/javadep/javadep.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ is_inner(const char *pstr)
     /*
      * note that a '$' in a classname is not an exact indicator
      * for an inner class. Java identifier may legally contain 
-     * this chararcter, and so may classnames. In the context
+     * this character, and so may classnames. In the context
      * of javadep this doesn't matter since the makefile system
      * can't cope with classfiles with '$'s in the filename 
      * anyway.
diff --git a/main/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx b/main/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
index 5a9e2360ce..aeee3f23c6 100644
--- a/main/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
+++ b/main/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ void lclIgnoreString32( SvMemoryStream& rStrm, bool b16Bit )
 String SwWW8ImplReader::ReadRawUniString( SvMemoryStream& rStrm,sal_uInt16 nChars, bool b16Bit )
 {
 	// Fixed-size characters
-	const sal_uInt8 WW8_NUL_C                   = '\x00';       /// NUL chararcter.
-	const sal_uInt16 WW8_NUL                    = WW8_NUL_C;    /// NUL chararcter (unicode).
+	const sal_uInt8 WW8_NUL_C                   = '\x00';       /// NUL character.
+	const sal_uInt16 WW8_NUL                    = WW8_NUL_C;    /// NUL character (unicode).
 	String aRet;
 	sal_Unicode         mcNulSubst = '\0';
 
diff --git a/main/vcl/inc/unx/XIM.h b/main/vcl/inc/unx/XIM.h
index 31269b3e8b..f4abff07f2 100644
--- a/main/vcl/inc/unx/XIM.h
+++ b/main/vcl/inc/unx/XIM.h
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ typedef enum {
   XIMKatakana, XIMHanzi
 } XIMUnicodeCharacterSubsetID;
 
-typedef	struct	_XIMUncodeSubset {
+typedef	struct	_XIMUnicodeSubset {
   XIMUnicodeCharacterSubsetID	index;
   XIMUnicodeCharacterSubsetID	subset_id;
   char			*name;
   Bool			is_active;
 } XIMUnicodeCharacterSubset;
 
-typedef	struct	_XIMUncodeSubsets {
+typedef	struct	_XIMUnicodeSubsets {
   unsigned short count_subsets;
   XIMUnicodeCharacterSubset *supported_subsets;
 } XIMUnicodeCharacterSubsets;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ typedef	struct	_XIMSwitchIMNotifyCallbackStruct {
 
 /* XIC attributes for multilingual IM extension */
 
-#define XNUnicodeCharacterSubset "UnicodeChararcterSubset"
+#define XNUnicodeCharacterSubset "UnicodeCharacterSubset"
 
 #define XNSwitchIMNotifyCallback "switchIMNotifyCallback"
 #define XNCommitStringCallback "commitStringCallback"