diff --git a/Python/crossinterp.c b/Python/crossinterp.c
index 542253c14de9b8..b43f33fdf97771 100644
--- a/Python/crossinterp.c
+++ b/Python/crossinterp.c
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ _PyXI_InitTypes(PyInterpreterState *interp)
                 "failed to initialize the cross-interpreter exception types");
     }
     // We would initialize heap types here too but that leads to ref leaks.
-    // Instead, we intialize them in _PyXI_Init().
+    // Instead, we initialize them in _PyXI_Init().
     return _PyStatus_OK();
 }
 
diff --git a/Python/qsbr.c b/Python/qsbr.c
index b2153bf9d67230..6bf5b75f346690 100644
--- a/Python/qsbr.c
+++ b/Python/qsbr.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ qsbr_allocate(struct _qsbr_shared *shared)
     return qsbr;
 }
 
-// Initialize (or reintialize) the freelist of QSBR thread states
+// Initialize (or reinitialize) the freelist of QSBR thread states
 static void
 initialize_new_array(struct _qsbr_shared *shared)
 {