diff --git a/src/Announcements-Core/AnnouncementSetWithExclusions.class.st b/src/Announcements-Core/AnnouncementSetWithExclusions.class.st
index 8e632c07f5d..8c702cb2337 100644
--- a/src/Announcements-Core/AnnouncementSetWithExclusions.class.st
+++ b/src/Announcements-Core/AnnouncementSetWithExclusions.class.st
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Class {
 { #category : #private }
 AnnouncementSetWithExclusions >> addExclusion: anAnnouncement [
 	"Add anAnnouncement as an exclusion to me.
-	I will explicitely not handle my exclusion announcements."
+	I will explicitly not handle my exclusion announcements."
 	
 	^ exclusions add: anAnnouncement 
 ]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AnnouncementSetWithExclusions >> addExclusion: anAnnouncement [
 { #category : #testing }
 AnnouncementSetWithExclusions >> handlesAnnouncement: anAnnouncement [
 	"Return true when I will handle anAnnouncement.
-	I extend my superclass behavior by explicitely 
+	I extend my superclass behavior by explicitly 
 	not handling the exclusions."
 
 	^ (super handlesAnnouncement: anAnnouncement) 
diff --git a/src/Kernel/ExceptionSetWithExclusions.class.st b/src/Kernel/ExceptionSetWithExclusions.class.st
index ec0e97e79b7..58a18a0d56e 100644
--- a/src/Kernel/ExceptionSetWithExclusions.class.st
+++ b/src/Kernel/ExceptionSetWithExclusions.class.st
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Class {
 { #category : #exceptionselector }
 ExceptionSetWithExclusions >> - exception [
 	"Add exception as an exclusion to me.
-	I will explicitely not handle my exclusion exceptions."
+	I will explicitly not handle my exclusion exceptions."
 	
 	self addExclusion: exception
 ]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ExceptionSetWithExclusions >> - exception [
 { #category : #private }
 ExceptionSetWithExclusions >> addExclusion: exception [
 	"Add exception as an exclusion to me.
-	I will explicitely not handle my exclusion exceptions."
+	I will explicitly not handle my exclusion exceptions."
 	
 	^ exclusions add: exception
 ]
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ExceptionSetWithExclusions >> addExclusion: exception [
 { #category : #exceptionselector }
 ExceptionSetWithExclusions >> handles: exception [
 	"Return true when I will handled exception.
-	I extend my superclass behavior by explicitely 
+	I extend my superclass behavior by explicitly 
 	not handling a number of exclusion exceptions."
 
 	^ (super handles: exception) 
diff --git a/src/Morphic-Core/HandMorph.class.st b/src/Morphic-Core/HandMorph.class.st
index 73e67711308..acf1a18ce9f 100644
--- a/src/Morphic-Core/HandMorph.class.st
+++ b/src/Morphic-Core/HandMorph.class.st
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ HandMorph >> moveToEvent: anEvent [
 
 { #category : #drawing }
 HandMorph >> needsToBeDrawn [
-	"Return true if this hand must be drawn explicitely instead of being drawn via the hardware cursor. This is the case if it (a) it is a remote hand, (b) it is showing a temporary cursor, or (c) it is not empty and there are any visible submorphs. If using the software cursor, ensure that the hardware cursor is hidden."
+	"Return true if this hand must be drawn explicitly instead of being drawn via the hardware cursor. This is the case if it (a) it is a remote hand, (b) it is showing a temporary cursor, or (c) it is not empty and there are any visible submorphs. If using the software cursor, ensure that the hardware cursor is hidden."
 	"Details:  Return true if this hand has a saved patch to ensure that is is processed by the world. This saved patch will be deleted after one final display pass when it becomes possible to start using the hardware cursor again. This trick gives us one last display cycle to allow us to remove the software cursor and shadow from the display."
 	| cursor |
 	(savedPatch notNil
diff --git a/src/Ombu-Tests/OmFileStoreTest.class.st b/src/Ombu-Tests/OmFileStoreTest.class.st
index a8f0f4c5566..c4ae9cbf6ea 100644
--- a/src/Ombu-Tests/OmFileStoreTest.class.st
+++ b/src/Ombu-Tests/OmFileStoreTest.class.st
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ OmFileStoreTest >> testLoadFromCorruptFile4 [
 			skip: -1;
 			nextPutAll: '**'.
 			
-		"Apparently, in Linux it can randomly fail if not explicitely flush"
+		"Apparently, in Linux it can randomly fail if not explicitly flush"
 		stream flush.
 	] ensure: [ stream close ].
 	
diff --git a/src/Ombu/OmFileStore.class.st b/src/Ombu/OmFileStore.class.st
index 54abb1a413d..e4381a5d520 100644
--- a/src/Ombu/OmFileStore.class.st
+++ b/src/Ombu/OmFileStore.class.st
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ OmFileStore >> flushEntryBuffer [
 					nextEntryPut: entry.
 				].
 
-			"In Linux it was necessary to explicitely flush the file stream"
+			"In Linux it was necessary to explicitly flush the file stream"
 			fileStream flush.
 			
 			lastStreamPosition := fileStream size.
diff --git a/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRMethod.class.st b/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRMethod.class.st
index ec5bfec3326..e068bfbd2bd 100644
--- a/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRMethod.class.st
+++ b/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRMethod.class.st
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ IRMethod >> optimize [
 	
 	"This last two optimizations works but the problem 
 	when you absorb conditional jumps 
-	is that and: / or: chained generate explicitely 
+	is that and: / or: chained generate explicitly 
 	constant conditional jumps to tip the JIt and the 
 	decompiler that they are and: or: and not conditions/loops
 	
diff --git a/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRTranslatorV2.class.st b/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRTranslatorV2.class.st
index 68dad46dcdb..9ab5e622bfa 100644
--- a/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRTranslatorV2.class.st
+++ b/src/OpalCompiler-Core/IRTranslatorV2.class.st
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ IRTranslatorV2 >> visitPushLiteral: lit [
 	 cannot rely on literal class isImmediateClass here or it breaks the bootstrap."
 	({Character.SmallInteger.SmallFloat64} includes: literal class) ifTrue: [ ^ gen pushLiteral: literal ].
 	Smalltalk vm supportsWriteBarrier ifFalse: [ ^ gen pushLiteral: literal ].
-	"For symbol we need to set explicitely to writable or read-only. 
+	"For symbol we need to set explicitly to writable or read-only. 
 	 Compilation to read-only then back to writable keep the object 
 	 read-only if we don't set it back to writable."
 	compilationContext optionReadOnlyLiterals
diff --git a/src/Tools-Test/MessageTallyTest.class.st b/src/Tools-Test/MessageTallyTest.class.st
index a0535bbac0a..3212b731403 100644
--- a/src/Tools-Test/MessageTallyTest.class.st
+++ b/src/Tools-Test/MessageTallyTest.class.st
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ MessageTallyTest >> testTallySends [
 	self assert: tallyForPrintStringBase receivers size equals: 1.	
 	self assert: ((tallyForPrintStringBase receivers first tally) >= 50 ).	
 
-	"We close to explicitely release reference of the process, the class and methods"
+	"We close to explicitly release reference of the process, the class and methods"
 	tally close.
 	
 	
diff --git a/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnLimitedReadStream.class.st b/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnLimitedReadStream.class.st
index b11246722a7..d97fb4c1655 100644
--- a/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnLimitedReadStream.class.st
+++ b/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnLimitedReadStream.class.st
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ZnLimitedReadStream >> close [
 
 { #category : #accessing }
 ZnLimitedReadStream >> collectionSpecies [
-	"I can be set to binary or ascii explicitely.
+	"I can be set to binary or ascii explicitly.
 	If not set, delegate to our wrapped stream."
 	
 	^ binary notNil
diff --git a/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnServer.class.st b/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnServer.class.st
index af2c6878ed2..409b6beaca2 100644
--- a/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnServer.class.st
+++ b/src/Zinc-HTTP/ZnServer.class.st
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ ZnServer >> unregister [
 { #category : #accessing }
 ZnServer >> url [
 	"Return the base external URL (a new ZnUrl instance) to access me.
-	This defaults to #localUrl but can be set explicitely using the #serverUrl option.
+	This defaults to #localUrl but can be set explicitly using the #serverUrl option.
 	Missing elements from #serverUrl are merged in from #localUrl."
 
 	^ self serverUrl