diff --git a/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/SimpleConnectedComponentsSegmentation.html b/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/SimpleConnectedComponentsSegmentation.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <h5 class="subsubsectionHead"><a
 
 
 regions. The labeled output can be passed to the ColorMapping application to render regions with
-contrasted colours. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
+contrasted colors. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
 not handle large images. <br 
 class="newline" /><br 
 class="newline" />To segment large data, one can use the vector mode. In this case, the output of the application is a

diff --git a/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/SimpleConnectedComponentsSegmentationVector.html b/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/SimpleConnectedComponentsSegmentationVector.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <h5 class="subsubsectionHead"><a
 
 
 regions. The labeled output can be passed to the ColorMapping application to render regions with
-contrasted colours. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
+contrasted colors. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
 not handle large images. <br 
 class="newline" /><br 
 class="newline" />To segment large data, one can use the vector mode. In this case, the output of the application is a

diff --git a/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/WatershedSegmentation.html b/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/WatershedSegmentation.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <h5 class="subsubsectionHead"><a
 
 
 regions. The labeled output can be passed to the ColorMapping application to render regions with
-contrasted colours. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
+contrasted colors. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
 not handle large images. <br 
 class="newline" /><br 
 class="newline" />To segment large data, one can use the vector mode. In this case, the output of the application is a

diff --git a/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/WatershedSegmentationVector.html b/python/plugins/sextante/otb/description/doc/WatershedSegmentationVector.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <h5 class="subsubsectionHead"><a
 
 
 regions. The labeled output can be passed to the ColorMapping application to render regions with
-contrasted colours. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
+contrasted colors. Please note that this mode loads the whole input image into memory, and as such can
 not handle large images. <br 
 class="newline" /><br 
 class="newline" />To segment large data, one can use the vector mode. In this case, the output of the application is a

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/DESC.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>cb</dir>
-  <name>Colour schemes by Cynthia Brewer</name>
+  <name>Color schemes by Cynthia Brewer</name>
   <full>
-    Colour schemes were designed by Cynthia Brewer, 
+    Color schemes were designed by Cynthia Brewer, 
     Associate Professor of Geography at the Pennsylvania 
     State University.     
   </full>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/div/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/div/DESC.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <dir>div</dir>
   <name>Diverging</name>
   <full>
-    Diverging colour schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer    
+    Diverging color schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer    
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/qual/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/qual/DESC.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <dir>qual</dir>
   <name>Qualitative</name>
   <full>
-    Qualitative colour schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer
+    Qualitative color schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/seq/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/cb/seq/DESC.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <dir>seq</dir>
   <name>Sequential</name>
   <full>
-    Sequential colour schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer    
+    Sequential color schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer    
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/dg/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/dg/DESC.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <dir>dg</dir>
   <name>Dave Green's cubehelix for astronomical intensity images</name>
   <full>
-    Dave Green's cubhelix colour scheme which is intended 
+    Dave Green's cubhelix color scheme which is intended 
     to be perceived as increasing in intensity.     
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/ds9/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/ds9/DESC.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>ds9</dir>
-  <name>DS9 colour scales for astronomical visualisation</name>
+  <name>DS9 color scales for astronomical visualisation</name>
   <full>
     The palettes used in the DS9 astronomical data 
     visualization tool.    

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/go2/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/go2/DESC.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>go2</dir>
-  <name>Two-colour glossy gradients from GoSquared</name>
+  <name>Two-color glossy gradients from GoSquared</name>
   <full>
     Gradients from GoSquared's liquidicity blog.     
   </full>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/go2/webtwo/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/go2/webtwo/DESC.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <dir>webtwo</dir>
   <name>Web 2.0 gradients</name>
   <full>
-    Basic two-colour gradients for Web 2.0 in various levels of
+    Basic two-color gradients for Web 2.0 in various levels of
     glossiness: plain (g0), subtle glossiness (g1) and 
     not-so-subtle (g2).
   </full>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/grass/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/grass/DESC.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>grass</dir>
-  <name>GRASS colour ramps</name>
+  <name>GRASS color ramps</name>
   <full>
-    The colour ramps distributed with the GRASS GIS.
+    The color ramps distributed with the GRASS GIS.
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/h5/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/h5/COPYING.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <src>
     <format>ASCII table</format>
     <link href="http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/H5utils">H5utils homepage</link>
-    <link href="http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Color_tables_in_h5topng">Colour tables page</link>
+    <link href="http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Color_tables_in_h5topng">Color tables page</link>
   </src>
   <distribute>
     <qgis distribute="yes" license="otherok"/>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/h5/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/h5/DESC.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>h5</dir>
-  <name>Colour tables from the h5utils package</name>
+  <name>Color tables from the h5utils package</name>
   <full>
     The h5utils package by MIT's Steven G. Johnson is a set of
     utilities for visualization and conversion of scientific data in
     the free, portable HDF5 format. Included in the package are a set
-    of colour tables for the h5topng program.
+    of color tables for the h5topng program.
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/cbac/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/cbac/COPYING.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     </text>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
     <remark>
       Derived from the diverging and sequential schemes by 
       Cynthia Brewer and so released under the same licence.

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/cbcont/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/cbcont/COPYING.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     </text>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
     <remark>
       Derived from the diverging and sequential schemes by 
       Cynthia Brewer and so released under the same licence.

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/dem/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/dem/COPYING.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <year>2004</year>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
   </src>
   <distribute>
     <qgis distribute="yes" license="otherok"/>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/misc/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/misc/COPYING.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <year>2004</year>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
   </src>
   <distribute>
     <qgis distribute="yes" license="otherok"/>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/physics/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/physics/COPYING.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <year>2004</year>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
     <remark>
       See cpt file for details of production.
     </remark>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/polarity/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/polarity/COPYING.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     </text>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
     <remark>
       Derived from the diverging schemes by Cynthia Brewer
       and so released under the same licence.

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/polarity/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/jjg/polarity/DESC.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <full>
     Diverging gradients which are continuous except at the
     centre-point, for emphasis of the sign of the data. Here the
-    colour-stops are taken from the diverging schemes by Cynthia
+    color-stops are taken from the diverging schemes by Cynthia
     Brewer.
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/km/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/km/DESC.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>km</dir>
-  <name>Diverging colour-maps by Kenneth Moreland</name>
+  <name>Diverging color-maps by Kenneth Moreland</name>
   <full>
     The color map derived here is an all-around good performer: it
     works well for low and high frequency data, orders the data, is

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/ncl/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/ncl/DESC.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>ncl</dir>
-  <name>Colour maps from NCL (NCAR command language)</name>
+  <name>Color maps from NCL (NCAR command language)</name>
   <full>
     The NCL (NCAR Command Language) is an open-source interpreted
     language designed specifically for scientific data analysis and
     visualisation. The source package includes a number of
-    colour-tables, translated into discrete (piecewise constant)
+    color-tables, translated into discrete (piecewise constant)
     gradients.
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/ngdc/COPYING.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/ngdc/COPYING.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <text href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html"/>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
     <link href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html">NGDC global relief data site</link>
     <link href="http://www.africanmarineatlas.org/">African Marine Atlas</link>
     <remark>

diff --git a/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/saga/DESC.xml b/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/saga/DESC.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>saga</dir>
-  <name>SAGA preset colour tables</name>
+  <name>SAGA preset color tables</name>
   <full>
     SAGA, the system for automated geoscientific analyses, is a
     sophisticated, portable and open source GUI-driven GIS which
-    includes a number of preset colour tables.
+    includes a number of preset color tables.
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/scripts/spelling.dat b/scripts/spelling.dat
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ propery:property
 monocrome:monochrome
 independant:independent
 delemiter:delimiter
+delimeter:delimiter
+delemeter:delimiter
+emited:emitted
 charcter:character
 compatable:compatible
 seperated:separated
@@ -459,3 +462,6 @@ opps:oops
 arount:around
 acheive:achieve
 specifed:specified
+widht:width
+heigth:height
+heigh:height
diff --git a/src/core/composer/qgscomposerlegend.cpp b/src/core/composer/qgscomposerlegend.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ QgsComposerLegend::Nucleon QgsComposerLegend::drawSymbolItem( QgsComposerLegendI
   double labelX = point.x() + qMax(( double ) symbolSize.width(), labelXOffset );
 
   // Vertical alignment of label with symbol:
-  // a) label height < symbol heigh: label centerd with symbol
+  // a) label height < symbol height: label centerd with symbol
   // b) label height > symbol height: label starts at top and runs under symbol
 
   labelSize.rheight() = lines.count() * textHeight + ( lines.count() - 1 ) * mlineSpacing;

diff --git a/src/core/qgsdataitem.h b/src/core/qgsdataitem.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsDataItem : public QObject
     // remove and delete child item, signals to browser are emitted
     virtual void deleteChildItem( QgsDataItem * child );
 
-    // remove child item but don't delete it, signals to browser are emited
+    // remove child item but don't delete it, signals to browser are emitted
     // returns pointer to the removed item or null if no such item was found
     virtual QgsDataItem * removeChildItem( QgsDataItem * child );
 

diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorlayer.h b/src/core/qgsvectorlayer.h
@@ -1267,15 +1267,15 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorLayer : public QgsMapLayer
   signals:
 
     /**
-     * This signal is emited when selection was changed
+     * This signal is emitted when selection was changed
      *
      * @param selected        Newly selected feature ids
      * @param deselected      Ids of all features which have previously been selected but are not any more
      * @param clearAndSelect  In case this is set to true, the old selection was dismissed and the new selection corresponds to selected
      */
     void selectionChanged( const QgsFeatureIds selected, const QgsFeatureIds deselected, const bool clearAndSelect );
 
-    /** This signal is emited when selection was changed */
+    /** This signal is emitted when selection was changed */
     void selectionChanged();
 
     /** This signal is emitted when modifications has been done on layer */

diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorlayercache.h b/src/core/qgsvectorlayercache.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorLayerCache : public QObject
   signals:
 
     /**
-     * When filling the cache, this signal gets emited periodically to notify about the progress
+     * When filling the cache, this signal gets emitted periodically to notify about the progress
      * and to be able to cancel an operation.
      *
      * @param i       The number of already fetched features

diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterdataprovider.h b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterdataprovider.h
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterDataProvider : public QgsDataProvider, public QgsRast
 
   signals:
     /** Emit a signal to notify of the progress event.
-      * Emited theProgress is in percents (0.0-100.0) */
+      * Emitted theProgress is in percents (0.0-100.0) */
     void progress( int theType, double theProgress, QString theMessage );
     void progressUpdate( int theProgress );
 

diff --git a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgscptcityarchive.h b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgscptcityarchive.h
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsCptCityDataItem : public QObject
     // refresh - refresh populated item, emit signals to model
     virtual void addChildItem( QgsCptCityDataItem * child, bool refresh = false );
 
-    // remove and delete child item, signals to browser are emited
+    // remove and delete child item, signals to browser are emitted
     virtual void deleteChildItem( QgsCptCityDataItem * child );
 
-    // remove child item but don't delete it, signals to browser are emited
+    // remove child item but don't delete it, signals to browser are emitted
     // returns pointer to the removed item or null if no such item was found
     virtual QgsCptCityDataItem * removeChildItem( QgsCptCityDataItem * child );
 

diff --git a/src/gui/qgisinterface.h b/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgisInterface : public QObject
     virtual int messageTimeout() = 0;
 
   signals:
-    /** Emited whenever current (selected) layer changes.
+    /** Emitted whenever current (selected) layer changes.
      *  The pointer to layer can be null if no layer is selected
      */
     void currentLayerChanged( QgsMapLayer * layer );

diff --git a/src/gui/qgsexpressionbuilderwidget.h b/src/gui/qgsexpressionbuilderwidget.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsExpressionBuilderWidget : public QWidget, private Ui::QgsExp
     void setExpressionState( bool state );
 
   signals:
-    /** Emited when the user changes the expression in the widget.
+    /** Emitted when the user changes the expression in the widget.
       * Users of this widget should connect to this signal to decide if to let the user
       * continue.
       * @param isValid Is true if the expression the user has typed is valid.

diff --git a/src/gui/qgsmaptoolidentify.cpp b/src/gui/qgsmaptoolidentify.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ bool QgsMapToolIdentify::identifyRasterLayer( QList<IdentifyResult> *results, Qg
     else return false;
   }
 
-  // We can only use context (extent, width, heigh) if layer is not reprojected,
+  // We can only use context (extent, width, height) if layer is not reprojected,
   // otherwise we don't know source resolution (size).
   if ( mCanvas->hasCrsTransformEnabled() && dprovider->crs() != mCanvas->mapRenderer()->destinationCrs() )
   {

diff --git a/src/plugins/evis/databaseconnection/evisdatabaseconnectiongui.h b/src/plugins/evis/databaseconnection/evisdatabaseconnectiongui.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class eVisDatabaseConnectionGui : public QDialog, private Ui::eVisDatabaseConnec
     void on_pbtnRunQuery_clicked( );
 
   signals:
-    /** \brief signal emited by the drawNewVectorLayer slot */
+    /** \brief signal emitted by the drawNewVectorLayer slot */
     void drawVectorLayer( QString, QString, QString );
 };
 

diff --git a/src/plugins/georeferencer/qgsgeorefplugingui.cpp b/src/plugins/georeferencer/qgsgeorefplugingui.cpp
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ void QgsGeorefPluginGui::loadGCPs( /*bool verbose*/ )
     {
       line = points.readLine();
       QStringList ls;
-      if ( line.contains( QRegExp( "," ) ) ) // in previous format "\t" is delimeter of points in new - ","
+      if ( line.contains( QRegExp( "," ) ) ) // in previous format "\t" is delimiter of points in new - ","
       {
         // points from new georeferencer
         ls = line.split( "," );

diff --git a/src/plugins/grass/qgsgrassbrowser.h b/src/plugins/grass/qgsgrassbrowser.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class QgsGrassBrowser: public QMainWindow
     void showContextMenu( const QPoint &position );
 
   signals:
-    // emited when something in GRASS Tools changed region
+    // emitted when something in GRASS Tools changed region
     void regionChanged();
 
   private:

diff --git a/src/plugins/grass/qgsgrassmodule.cpp b/src/plugins/grass/qgsgrassmodule.cpp
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ QgsGrassModuleInput::QgsGrassModuleInput( QgsGrassModule *module,
 
   connect( QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance(), SIGNAL( layersAdded( QList<QgsMapLayer *> ) ),
            this, SLOT( updateQgisLayers() ) );
-  // layersWillBeRemoved is emited AFTER the layer was removed from registry
+  // layersWillBeRemoved is emitted AFTER the layer was removed from registry
   connect( QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance(), SIGNAL( layersWillBeRemoved( QStringList ) ),
            this, SLOT( updateQgisLayers() ) );
 
@@ -3348,7 +3348,7 @@ QgsGrassModuleGdalInput::QgsGrassModuleGdalInput(
 
   connect( QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance(), SIGNAL( layersAdded( QList<QgsMapLayer *> ) ),
            this, SLOT( updateQgisLayers() ) );
-  // layersWillBeRemoved is emited after the layer was removed from registry
+  // layersWillBeRemoved is emitted after the layer was removed from registry
   connect( QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance(), SIGNAL( layersWillBeRemoved( QStringList ) ),
            this, SLOT( updateQgisLayers() ) );
 

diff --git a/tests/testdata/cpt-city/cb/DESC.xml b/tests/testdata/cpt-city/cb/DESC.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <description>
   <dir>cb</dir>
-  <name>Colour schemes by Cynthia Brewer</name>
+  <name>Color schemes by Cynthia Brewer</name>
   <full>
-    Colour schemes were designed by Cynthia Brewer, 
+    Color schemes were designed by Cynthia Brewer, 
     Associate Professor of Geography at the Pennsylvania 
     State University.     
   </full>

diff --git a/tests/testdata/cpt-city/cb/div/DESC.xml b/tests/testdata/cpt-city/cb/div/DESC.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <dir>div</dir>
   <name>Diverging</name>
   <full>
-    Diverging colour schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer    
+    Diverging color schemes designed by Cynthia Brewer    
   </full>
   <date>01/08/2012</date>
 </description>
diff --git a/tests/testdata/cpt-city/jjg/misc/COPYING.xml b/tests/testdata/cpt-city/jjg/misc/COPYING.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
     <year>2004</year>
   </license>
   <src>
-    <format>GMT colour palette (cpt)</format>
+    <format>GMT color palette (cpt)</format>
   </src>
 </copying>
diff --git a/tests/testdata/font/CREDITS b/tests/testdata/font/CREDITS
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ and Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
 
 Young Ryu is the author of Txfonts, a set of mathematical symbols
 designed to accompany text typeset in Times or its variants. In the
-documentation, Young adresses the design of mathematical symbols: "The
+documentation, Young addresses the design of mathematical symbols: "The
 Adobe Times fonts are thicker than the CM fonts. Designing math fonts
 for Times based on the rule thickness of Times = , , + , / , < ,
 etc. would result in too thick math symbols, in my opinion. In the TX