diff --git a/cmdline/import.c b/cmdline/import.c
index ab2ffa1e..6284dca2 100644
--- a/cmdline/import.c
+++ b/cmdline/import.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void import_dir(struct snapraid_state* state, const char* dir)
 
 		/* if the st_mode field is missing, takes care to fill it using normal lstat() */
 		/* at now this can happen only in Windows (with HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_STAT defined), */
-		/* becasue we use a directory reading method that doesn't read info about ReparsePoint. */
+		/* because we use a directory reading method that doesn't read info about ReparsePoint. */
 		/* Note that here we cannot call here lstat_sync(), because we don't know what kind */
 		/* of file is it, and lstat_sync() doesn't always work */
 		if (st.st_mode == 0)  {
diff --git a/cmdline/portable.h b/cmdline/portable.h
index 35388903..cbbbcd3e 100644
--- a/cmdline/portable.h
+++ b/cmdline/portable.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int fsinfo(const char* path, int* has_persistent_inode, uint64_t* free_space);
 /**
  * Get the tick counter value.
  *
- * Note that the frequency is unspecified, becasue the time measure
+ * Note that the frequency is unspecified, because the time measure
  * is meant to be used to compare the ratio between usage times.
  */
 uint64_t tick(void);
diff --git a/cmdline/scan.c b/cmdline/scan.c
index c8d35838..19b63a5e 100644
--- a/cmdline/scan.c
+++ b/cmdline/scan.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static int scan_dir(struct snapraid_scan* scan, int output, const char* dir, con
 #if HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_STAT
 			/* if the st_mode field is missing, takes care to fill it using normal lstat() */
 			/* at now this can happen only in Windows (with HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_STAT defined), */
-			/* becasue we use a directory reading method that doesn't read info about ReparsePoint. */
+			/* because we use a directory reading method that doesn't read info about ReparsePoint. */
 			/* Note that here we cannot call here lstat_sync(), because we don't know what kind */
 			/* of file is it, and lstat_sync() doesn't always work */
 			if (st->st_mode == 0)  {
diff --git a/cmdline/unix.c b/cmdline/unix.c
index 8bfe42ed..1034f396 100644
--- a/cmdline/unix.c
+++ b/cmdline/unix.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int filephy(const char* path, uint64_t size, uint64_t* physical)
 	/* In this way we keep them in the directory traversal order */
 	/* that at least keeps files in the same directory together. */
 	/* Note also that in newer filesystem with snapshot, like ZFS, */
-	/* the inode doesn't represent even less the disk position, becasue files */
+	/* the inode doesn't represent even less the disk position, because files */
 	/* are not overwritten in place, but rewritten in another location */
 	/* of the disk. */
 	*physical = FILEPHY_UNREPORTED_OFFSET;