diff --git a/recipes/ajc.recipe b/recipes/ajc.recipe
index 785905e799..912d63ba03 100644
--- a/recipes/ajc.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ajc.recipe
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1282101454(BasicNewsRecipe):
     masthead_url = 'http://gawand.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ajc-logo.gif'
 
     # Pick your poison. Business seems to be mostly cross-linked articles. Premium and cross-linked
-    # articels will be dropped.
+    # articles will be dropped.
     feeds = [
         ('Breaking News', 'http://www.ajc.com/list/rss/online/ajc-auto-list-iphone-topnews/aFKq/'),
         ('Metro and Georgia',
diff --git a/recipes/bbc.recipe b/recipes/bbc.recipe
index abce22c448..93b5eddccf 100644
--- a/recipes/bbc.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bbc.recipe
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ class BBCNews(BasicNewsRecipe):
     #
     oldest_article = 1.5
 
-    # Number of simultaneous downloads. 20 is consistantly working fine on the
-    # BBC News feeds with no problems. Speeds things up from the defualt of 5.
+    # Number of simultaneous downloads. 20 is consistently working fine on the
+    # BBC News feeds with no problems. Speeds things up from the default of 5.
     # If you have a lot of feeds and/or have increased oldest_article above 2
     # then you may wish to try increasing simultaneous_downloads to 25-30,
     # Or, of course, if you are in a hurry. [I've not tried beyond 20.]
diff --git a/recipes/bbc_brasil.recipe b/recipes/bbc_brasil.recipe
index bacdc4af1a..840c589401 100644
--- a/recipes/bbc_brasil.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bbc_brasil.recipe
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class BBCBrasilRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     #
     # There are 68 feeds below which constitute the bulk of the available rss
     # feeds on the BBC web site. These include 5 blogs by editors and
-    # correspondants, 16 sports feeds, 15 'sub' regional feeds (Eg. North West
+    # correspondents, 16 sports feeds, 15 'sub' regional feeds (Eg. North West
     # Wales, Scotland Business), and 7 Welsh language feeds.
     #
     # Some of the feeds are low volume (Eg. blogs), or very low volume (Eg. Click)
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ class BBCBrasilRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     #
     oldest_article = 1.5
 
-    # Number of simultaneous downloads. 20 is consistantly working fine on the
-    # BBC News feeds with no problems. Speeds things up from the defualt of 5.
+    # Number of simultaneous downloads. 20 is consistently working fine on the
+    # BBC News feeds with no problems. Speeds things up from the default of 5.
     # If you have a lot of feeds and/or have increased oldest_article above 2
     # then you may wish to try increasing simultaneous_downloads to 25-30,
     # Or, of course, if you are in a hurry. [I've not tried beyond 20.]
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class BBCBrasilRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     skip_reg_exp = '^.*skip.*$'
 
     # Extra things to remove due to the addition of 'storycontent' in keep_only_tags,
-    # which are the alterative table design based pages. The purpose of some of these
+    # which are the alternative table design based pages. The purpose of some of these
     # is not entirely clear from the pages (which are a total mess!).
 
     # Remove mapping based tags, Eg. <map id="world_map">
diff --git a/recipes/bsi_news.recipe b/recipes/bsi_news.recipe
index 6544223403..cacd527bcc 100644
--- a/recipes/bsi_news.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bsi_news.recipe
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 
 class germanyBSI(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    # Titel of the Recipe
+    # Title of the Recipe
     # title = 'News des Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik'
     title = 'BSI News - DE'
     cover_url = 'https://www.bsi.bund.de/SiteGlobals/Frontend/Images/BSI/logo.png'
     # Author
     __author__ = 'Volker Heggemann, VoHe'
-    # oldes article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
+    # oldest article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
     oldest_article = 7
     # describes itself, 						 							---- can be edit by user
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    # speed up the download on fast computers be carefull (I test max.20)
+    # speed up the download on fast computers be careful (I test max.20)
     # ---- can be edit by user
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
diff --git a/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe b/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe
index 63ee591cf8..fc95d54934 100644
--- a/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe
+++ b/recipes/caravan_magazine.recipe
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CaravanMagazine(BasicNewsRecipe):
             raise ValueError('Login failed, check your username and password')
         return br
 
-    # To parse artice toc
+    # To parse article toc
     def parse_index(self):
         base_url = 'https://www.caravanmagazine.in/'
         soup = self.index_to_soup('{0}magazine'.format(base_url))
diff --git a/recipes/caravan_magazine_hindi.recipe b/recipes/caravan_magazine_hindi.recipe
index dba3126c50..81fba7fb9f 100644
--- a/recipes/caravan_magazine_hindi.recipe
+++ b/recipes/caravan_magazine_hindi.recipe
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class CaravanMagazineHindi(BasicNewsRecipe):
             raise ValueError('Login failed, check your username and password')
         return br
 
-    # To parse artice toc
+    # To parse article toc
     def parse_index(self):
         base_url = 'https://www.caravanmagazine.in/'
         soup = self.index_to_soup('{0}magazine'.format(base_url))
diff --git a/recipes/china_economic_net.recipe b/recipes/china_economic_net.recipe
index 116b90030d..0a413f58d0 100644
--- a/recipes/china_economic_net.recipe
+++ b/recipes/china_economic_net.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1278162597(BasicNewsRecipe):
     oldest_article = 7
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
 
-    pubisher = 'www.ce.cn - China Economic net - Beijing'
+    publisher = 'www.ce.cn - China Economic net - Beijing'
     description = 'China Economic Net Magazine'
     category = 'Economic News Magazine, Chinese, China'
     feeds = [
diff --git a/recipes/cinco_dias.recipe b/recipes/cinco_dias.recipe
index 604a9a868e..5201403fd4 100644
--- a/recipes/cinco_dias.recipe
+++ b/recipes/cinco_dias.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1294946868(BasicNewsRecipe):
     publisher = u'Grupo Prisa'
 
     __author__ = 'Luis Hernandez'
-    description = 'spanish web about money and bussiness, free edition'
+    description = 'spanish web about money and business, free edition'
 
     cover_url = 'http://www.prisa.com/images/logos/logo_cinco_dias.gif'
     oldest_article = 2
diff --git a/recipes/clarin.recipe b/recipes/clarin.recipe
index d56f085406..94e64cd0b2 100644
--- a/recipes/clarin.recipe
+++ b/recipes/clarin.recipe
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Clarin(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     remove_attributes = ['lang']
 
-    # Images on hightlights view
+    # Images on highlights view
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
         if first and hasattr(self, 'add_toc_thumbnail'):
             picdiv = soup.find('img')
diff --git a/recipes/daytona_beach.recipe b/recipes/daytona_beach.recipe
index 9a99a5dcda..0d304f91b9 100644
--- a/recipes/daytona_beach.recipe
+++ b/recipes/daytona_beach.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class DaytonBeachNewsJournal(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Daytona Beach News Journal'
     __author__ = 'BRGriff'
-    pubisher = 'News-JournalOnline.com'
+    publisher = 'News-JournalOnline.com'
     description = 'Daytona Beach, Florida, Newspaper'
     category = 'News, Daytona Beach, Florida'
     oldest_article = 1
diff --git a/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe b/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe
index 0ae6ff2cd3..2d988f7c86 100644
--- a/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/deutsche_welle_de.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 # 1: Base Version
 # 2: Added rules for wdr.de, ndr.de, br-online.de
 # 3: Added rules for rbb-online.de, boerse.ard.de, sportschau.de
-# 4: New design of tagesschau.de implemented. Simplyfied.
+# 4: New design of tagesschau.de implemented. Simplified.
 # 5: Taken out the pictures.
 
 
diff --git a/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe b/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe
index 0f5e751d9b..2cb4ad86f9 100644
--- a/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe
+++ b/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ class DunyaHalleri(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 p.append(img)
             div.replaceWith(p)
 
-        # youtube embeded normalization
-        # this block finds the cover image for each embeded youtube video then
+        # youtube embedded normalization
+        # this block finds the cover image for each embedded youtube video then
         # changes it to "a href" and "img"
         for iframe in soup.findAll('iframe'):
             a = new_tag(soup, 'a')
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class DunyaHalleri(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 a_href = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + m.group('vid')
             else:
                 # not youtube
-                # default cover image for non-youtube embeded pages
+                # default cover image for non-youtube embedded pages
                 img_src = 'http://www.warnerclassics.com/img_style/default_video_m.jpg'
                 a_href = iframe['src']
 
diff --git a/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe b/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe
index 92a8f2f145..808976910c 100644
--- a/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe
+++ b/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ class DunyaHalleri_HaftaninOzeti(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 p.append(img)
             div.replaceWith(p)
 
-        # youtube embeded normalization
-        # this block finds the cover image for each embeded youtube video then
+        # youtube embedded normalization
+        # this block finds the cover image for each embedded youtube video then
         # changes it to "a href" and "img"
         for iframe in soup.findAll('iframe'):
             a = new_tag(soup, 'a')
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class DunyaHalleri_HaftaninOzeti(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 a_href = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + m.group('vid')
             else:
                 # not youtube
-                # default cover image for non-youtube embeded pages
+                # default cover image for non-youtube embedded pages
                 img_src = 'http://www.warnerclassics.com/img_style/default_video_m.jpg'
                 a_href = iframe['src']
 
diff --git a/recipes/eenadu.recipe b/recipes/eenadu.recipe
index b0a53524d0..fcd370ff61 100644
--- a/recipes/eenadu.recipe
+++ b/recipes/eenadu.recipe
@@ -162,6 +162,6 @@ class eenadu(BasicNewsRecipe):
             today = datetime.now()
             if (today - date) > timedelta(1.5):
                 self.abort_article('Skipping old article')
-        else:  # may not be an artilce.
+        else:  # may not be an article.
             self.abort_article()
         return soup
diff --git a/recipes/focus_pl.recipe b/recipes/focus_pl.recipe
index 9bb2b31a32..eb0dd452ee 100644
--- a/recipes/focus_pl.recipe
+++ b/recipes/focus_pl.recipe
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class NYTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     def nejm_get_index(self):
         return self.index_to_soup('http://www.focus.pl/')
 
-    # To parse artice toc
+    # To parse article toc
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.nejm_get_index()
 
diff --git a/recipes/gazeta-prawna-calibre-v1.recipe b/recipes/gazeta-prawna-calibre-v1.recipe
index ec5ba0495c..1921e04511 100644
--- a/recipes/gazeta-prawna-calibre-v1.recipe
+++ b/recipes/gazeta-prawna-calibre-v1.recipe
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class gazetaprawna(BasicNewsRecipe):
     ]
 
     def parse_feeds(self):
-        self.log(_('Gazeta Prawna overrided parse_feeds()'))
+        self.log(_('Gazeta Prawna overrode parse_feeds()'))
         parsed_feeds = BasicNewsRecipe.parse_feeds(self)
         for n, feed in enumerate(parsed_feeds):
             for a, article in enumerate(feed):
diff --git a/recipes/google_news.recipe b/recipes/google_news.recipe
index df382e79f8..7b0becf263 100644
--- a/recipes/google_news.recipe
+++ b/recipes/google_news.recipe
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ terms_to_search_for = (
 
 
 class google_news_de(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    # Titel of the Recipe - this is a sample
+    # Title of the Recipe - this is a sample
     title = 'Google News'
     cover_url = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Google_News_icon.svg/500px-Google_News_icon.svg.png'
     # Author
     __author__ = 'Volker Heggemann, VoHe'
-    # oldes article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
+    # oldest article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
     oldest_article = 2
     # describes itself, 						 							---- can be edit by user
     max_articles_per_feed = 200
-    # speed up the download on fast computers be carefull (I test max.20)
+    # speed up the download on fast computers be careful (I test max.20)
     # ---- can be edit by user
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class google_news_de(BasicNewsRecipe):
             )
         for searchfor in terms_to_search_for:
             self.feeds.append(
-                ('Google news intrested in ' + searchfor,
+                ('Google news interested in ' + searchfor,
                  'https://news.google.com/news?cf=all&hl=' + country_code +
                  '+&pz=1&ned=' + country_code + '&q=' + searchfor + '&output=rss'))
         return BasicNewsRecipe.get_feeds(self)
diff --git a/recipes/ifzm.recipe b/recipes/ifzm.recipe
index ae18e6a522..1ad2145878 100644
--- a/recipes/ifzm.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ifzm.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1277305250(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = 'rty'
     __version__ = '1.0'
     language = 'zh'
-    pubisher = 'http://www.infzm.com'
+    publisher = 'http://www.infzm.com'
     description = 'Chinese Weekly Tabloid'
     category = 'News, China'
     remove_javascript = True
diff --git a/recipes/jakarta_globe.recipe b/recipes/jakarta_globe.recipe
index 9da4ee54f6..66be265407 100644
--- a/recipes/jakarta_globe.recipe
+++ b/recipes/jakarta_globe.recipe
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class JakartaGlobe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         (u'Sports', u'http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/sports/feed/'),
     ]
     __author__ = 'rty'
-    pubisher = 'JakartaGlobe.com'
+    publisher = 'JakartaGlobe.com'
     description = 'JakartaGlobe, Indonesia, Newspaper'
     category = 'News, Indonesia'
 
diff --git a/recipes/johm.recipe b/recipes/johm.recipe
index 37913a61e3..6e6ad4175f 100644
--- a/recipes/johm.recipe
+++ b/recipes/johm.recipe
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class JournalofHospitalMedicine(BasicNewsRecipe):
     def johm_get_index(self):
         return self.index_to_soup('https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15535606/current')
 
-    # To parse artice toc
+    # To parse article toc
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.johm_get_index()
         toc = soup.find(id='issueTocGroups')
diff --git a/recipes/jpost_fr.recipe b/recipes/jpost_fr.recipe
index 5c3ff2bfde..98b8de67f2 100644
--- a/recipes/jpost_fr.recipe
+++ b/recipes/jpost_fr.recipe
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class JerusalemPost(BasicNewsRecipe):
         # ------------------------------------------
         return print_url
 
-    # example of how links should be formated
+    # example of how links should be formatted
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # org   version =  http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JFrench/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1282804806075
     # print version =  http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1282804806075&pagename=JFrench%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter
diff --git a/recipes/karlsruhe.recipe b/recipes/karlsruhe.recipe
index f31dcd159c..ce443f72c8 100644
--- a/recipes/karlsruhe.recipe
+++ b/recipes/karlsruhe.recipe
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class KANewsRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                    dict(name=['span'], attrs={'class': 'comm_info'}),
                    dict(name=['h3'], attrs={'id': 'artdetail_unterzeile'})]
 
-    # removing style attribute _after_ removing specifig tags above
+    # removing style attribute _after_ removing specific tags above
     remove_attributes = ['width', 'height', 'style']
 
     extra_css = '''
diff --git a/recipes/kidney.recipe b/recipes/kidney.recipe
index 170e4df847..b3088e3c33 100644
--- a/recipes/kidney.recipe
+++ b/recipes/kidney.recipe
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class JASN(BasicNewsRecipe):
     def jasn_get_index(self):
         return self.index_to_soup('http://jasn.asnjournals.org/current.shtml')
 
-    # To parse artice toc
+    # To parse article toc
     def parse_index(self):
         parse_soup = self.jasn_get_index()
 
diff --git a/recipes/linux_news_de.recipe b/recipes/linux_news_de.recipe
index 935133ab98..47e8a0bd5f 100644
--- a/recipes/linux_news_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/linux_news_de.recipe
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1591780224(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = 'Linux News'
-    # Titel of the Recipe
+    # Title of the Recipe
     cover_url = 'https://linuxnews.de/wp-content/themes/linuxnews/images/linuxnews-logo.png'
     # Author
     __author__ = 'Volker Heggemann, VoHe'
-    # oldes article to download (in days)
+    # oldest article to download (in days)
     oldest_article = 4
-    # speed up the download on fast computers be carefull (I test max.20)
+    # speed up the download on fast computers be careful (I test max.20)
     # ---- can be edit by user
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
diff --git a/recipes/london_free_press.recipe b/recipes/london_free_press.recipe
index c88f004694..c19079fbc3 100644
--- a/recipes/london_free_press.recipe
+++ b/recipes/london_free_press.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class LondonFreePress(BasicNewsRecipe):
     oldest_article = 4
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
 
-    pubisher = 'lfpress.com'
+    publisher = 'lfpress.com'
     description = 'Ontario Canada Newspaper'
     category = 'News, Ontario, Canada'
     remove_javascript = True
diff --git a/recipes/mediapart.recipe b/recipes/mediapart.recipe
index e6c2ac4b41..01b7d23895 100644
--- a/recipes/mediapart.recipe
+++ b/recipes/mediapart.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   1) Summary of the article are noow available
 #   2) Additional sections  International, France, Economie and Culture have
 # been added through custom entries in the function my_parse_index.
-#   3) Fix the cover image so it doesnt disappear from the Kindle menu
+#   3) Fix the cover image so it doesn't disappear from the Kindle menu
 # ( cover image format is changed to .jpeg)
 # 14 Jan 2021 - Add Mediapart Logo url as masthead_url and change cover
 #   by overlaying the date on top of the Mediapart cover
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Mediapart(BasicNewsRecipe):
     # The feed at 'http://www.mediapart.fr/articles/feed' only displayed the 10
     # last elements so the articles are indexed on specific pages
     # in the function my_parse_index. In this function the article are parsed
-    # using the funtion get_articles and the dict values dict_article_sources
+    # using the function get_articles and the dict values dict_article_sources
 
     def parse_feeds(self):
         feeds = super(Mediapart, self).parse_feeds()
diff --git a/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe b/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe
index 8fb9351234..8e4e4a806b 100644
--- a/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe
+++ b/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from calibre.utils.magick import Image
     Changed a lot of custom code into calibre code as the default code of calibre has become much faster since the first version fo this recipe
     Added new feeds
     Updated css
-    Changed order of regex to speedup proces
+    Changed order of regex to speedup process
  Version 1.9.3 23-05-2012
     Updated Cover image
  Version 1.9.4 19-04-2013
diff --git a/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe b/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe
index 8783956b1b..9b2c686d22 100644
--- a/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 
 class MyDealzDE(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    # Titel of the Recipe
+    # Title of the Recipe
     title = 'MyDealz'
     # Author
     __author__ = 'Volker Heggemann, VoHe'
-    # oldes article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
+    # oldest article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
     oldest_article = 5
     # describes itself, 						 							---- can be edit by user
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     # Cover Picture
     cover_url = 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/817053687545741313/0wFqvfqC_400x400.jpg'
-    # speed up the download on fast computers be carefull (I test max.20)
+    # speed up the download on fast computers be careful (I test max.20)
     # ---- can be edit by user
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
diff --git a/recipes/nbonline.recipe b/recipes/nbonline.recipe
index c4fb151497..eb95741a76 100644
--- a/recipes/nbonline.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nbonline.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class NBOnline(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'Nikkei Business Online'
     language = 'ja'
-    description = u'Nikkei Business Online.\u6CE8\uFF1A\u30E6\u30FC\u30B6\u30FC\u540D\u306Bemail\u30A2\u30C9\u30EC\u30B9\u3068\u30E6\u30FC\u30B6\u30FC\u540D\u3092\u30BB\u30DF\u30B3\u30ED\u30F3\u3067\u533A\u5207\u3063\u3066\u5165\u308C\u3066\u304F\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002\u4F8B\uFF1Aemail@address.jp;username . PLEASE NOTE: You need to put your email address and username into username filed separeted by ; (semi-colon).'  # noqa
+    description = u'Nikkei Business Online.\u6CE8\uFF1A\u30E6\u30FC\u30B6\u30FC\u540D\u306Bemail\u30A2\u30C9\u30EC\u30B9\u3068\u30E6\u30FC\u30B6\u30FC\u540D\u3092\u30BB\u30DF\u30B3\u30ED\u30F3\u3067\u533A\u5207\u3063\u3066\u5165\u308C\u3066\u304F\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002\u4F8B\uFF1Aemail@address.jp;username . PLEASE NOTE: You need to put your email address and username into username field separated by ; (semi-colon).'  # noqa
     __author__ = 'Ado Nishimura'
     needs_subscription = True
     oldest_article = 7
diff --git a/recipes/nejm.recipe b/recipes/nejm.recipe
index 898d115d1b..7c533297eb 100644
--- a/recipes/nejm.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nejm.recipe
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class NEJM(BasicNewsRecipe):
     def nejm_get_index(self):
         return self.index_to_soup('https://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal')
 
-    # To parse artice toc
+    # To parse article toc
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.nejm_get_index()
         feeds = []
diff --git a/recipes/nytimes.recipe b/recipes/nytimes.recipe
index 9370c0339d..fa862bc105 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes.recipe
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class NewYorkTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
             return self.parse_web_sections()
         return self.parse_todays_page()
 
-    # The NYT occassionally returns bogus articles for some reason just in case
+    # The NYT occasionally returns bogus articles for some reason just in case
     # it is because of cookies, dont store cookies
     def get_browser(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self
diff --git a/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe b/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
index 8f07e7c3c7..2490eb1c5a 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class NewYorkTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
             return self.parse_web_sections()
         return self.parse_todays_page()
 
-    # The NYT occassionally returns bogus articles for some reason just in case
+    # The NYT occasionally returns bogus articles for some reason just in case
     # it is because of cookies, dont store cookies
     def get_browser(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self
diff --git a/recipes/orlando_sentinel.recipe b/recipes/orlando_sentinel.recipe
index 7962f7e213..24b05d4ca0 100644
--- a/recipes/orlando_sentinel.recipe
+++ b/recipes/orlando_sentinel.recipe
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1279258912(BasicNewsRecipe):
          u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/orlandosentinel/features/lifestyle'),
     ]
     __author__ = 'rty'
-    pubisher = 'OrlandoSentinel.com'
+    publisher = 'OrlandoSentinel.com'
     description = 'Orlando, Florida, Newspaper'
     category = 'News, Orlando, Florida'
 
diff --git a/recipes/people_daily.recipe b/recipes/people_daily.recipe
index 79cc6c2664..d7912931e0 100644
--- a/recipes/people_daily.recipe
+++ b/recipes/people_daily.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1277129332(BasicNewsRecipe):
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     __author__ = 'ceapas'
 
-    pubisher = 'people.com.cn'
+    publisher = 'people.com.cn'
     description = 'People Daily Newspaper'
     language = 'zh'
     category = 'News, China'
diff --git a/recipes/presse_portal.recipe b/recipes/presse_portal.recipe
index 72ba830db7..c2e069ec5e 100644
--- a/recipes/presse_portal.recipe
+++ b/recipes/presse_portal.recipe
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 
 class PressePortalDE(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    # Titel of the Recipe
+    # Title of the Recipe
     title = 'Presseportal DE'
     # Author
     __author__ = 'Volker Heggemann, VoHe'
-    # oldes article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
+    # oldest article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
     oldest_article = 1
     # describes itself, 						 							---- can be edit by user
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    # speed up the download on fast computers be carefull (I test max.20)
+    # speed up the download on fast computers be careful (I test max.20)
     # ---- can be edit by user
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
diff --git a/recipes/sizinti_derigisi.recipe b/recipes/sizinti_derigisi.recipe
index 0dcf0aded1..ebf8e041dd 100644
--- a/recipes/sizinti_derigisi.recipe
+++ b/recipes/sizinti_derigisi.recipe
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TodaysZaman_en(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     # def preprocess_html(self, soup):
     #   return self.adeify_images(soup)
-    # def print_version(self, url):       #there is a probem caused by table format
+    # def print_version(self, url):       #there is a problem caused by table format
     # return
     # url.replace('http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&',
     # 'http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_openPrintPage.action?')
diff --git a/recipes/spiegelde.recipe b/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
index 259566d061..02b5cd4961 100644
--- a/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
+++ b/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ feel free to modify this to your own needs
 
 
 class Spiegel_DE_all(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    # Titel of the Recipe
+    # Title of the Recipe
     title = u'Spiegel Online RSS - German alle Themen'
     # Author
     __author__ = u'Volker Heggemann, VoHe'
-    # oldes article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
+    # oldest article to download (in days) 									---- can be edit by user
     # be careful, if there is a lot of news, the file size exceeds!
     oldest_article = 7
     # describes itself, 						 							---- can be edit by user
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    # speed up the download on fast computers be carefull (I test max.20)
+    # speed up the download on fast computers be careful (I test max.20)
     # ---- can be edit by user
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
diff --git a/recipes/t_online.recipe b/recipes/t_online.recipe
index fc728edd9f..9601c5897a 100644
--- a/recipes/t_online.recipe
+++ b/recipes/t_online.recipe
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class T_Online_Recipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     masthead_url = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/T-online.de.svg/1280px-T-online.de.svg.png'
     # all possible feeds look at:
     # https://www.t-online.de/themen/rss-feed/
-    # there are tons of feeds, may you just type the words of intrest after the http://feeds.t-online.de/rss/ link.
+    # there are tons of feeds, just type the words of interest after the http://feeds.t-online.de/rss/ link.
     feeds = [
         ('Germany', 'http://feeds.t-online.de/rss/deutschland'),
         ('NEWS', 'http://feeds.t-online.de/rss/nachrichten'),
diff --git a/recipes/taggeschau_de.recipe b/recipes/taggeschau_de.recipe
index f3ca2f9e68..a7764fd741 100644
--- a/recipes/taggeschau_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/taggeschau_de.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 # 1: Base Version
 # 2: Added rules for wdr.de, ndr.de, br-online.de
 # 3: Added rules for rbb-online.de, boerse.ard.de, sportschau.de
-# 4: New design of tagesschau.de implemented. Simplyfied.
+# 4: New design of tagesschau.de implemented. Simplified.
 # 5: Taken out the pictures.
 
 
diff --git a/recipes/the_budget_fashionista.recipe b/recipes/the_budget_fashionista.recipe
index 23001a77bd..4ecadb62e2 100644
--- a/recipes/the_budget_fashionista.recipe
+++ b/recipes/the_budget_fashionista.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TheBudgetFashionista(BasicNewsRecipe):
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf-8'
     publisher = 'TBF GROUP, LLC.'
-    category = 'news, fashion, comsetics, women'
+    category = 'news, fashion, cosmetics, women'
     lang = 'en-US'
     language = 'en'
     auto_cleanup = True
diff --git a/recipes/waco_tribune.recipe b/recipes/waco_tribune.recipe
index b14c7072e5..a74d07df9d 100644
--- a/recipes/waco_tribune.recipe
+++ b/recipes/waco_tribune.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1278773519(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'Waco Tribune Herald'
     __author__ = 'rty'
-    pubisher = 'A Robinson Media Company'
+    publisher = 'A Robinson Media Company'
     description = 'Waco, Texas, Newspaper'
     category = 'News, Texas, Waco'
     oldest_article = 7
diff --git a/recipes/windows_star.recipe b/recipes/windows_star.recipe
index e5853e71a3..07158419d8 100644
--- a/recipes/windows_star.recipe
+++ b/recipes/windows_star.recipe
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class CanWestPaper(BasicNewsRecipe):
                    dict(name='li', attrs={'class': 'print'}), dict(name='li', attrs={'class': 'share'}), dict(name='ul', attrs={'class': 'bullet'})]
 
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
-        # delete iempty id attributes--they screw up the TOC for unknow reasons
+        # delete iempty id attributes--they screw up the TOC for unknown reasons
         divtags = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id': ''})
         if divtags:
             for div in divtags:
diff --git a/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe b/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe
index d20ff0991d..9be9a1cdfa 100644
--- a/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe
+++ b/recipes/winnipeg_sun.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1277647803(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = 'rty'
     __version__ = '1.0'
     oldest_article = 2
-    pubisher = 'www.winnipegsun.com'
+    publisher = 'www.winnipegsun.com'
     description = 'Winnipeg Newspaper'
     category = 'News, Winnipeg, Canada'
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
diff --git a/recipes/yagmur_dergisi.recipe b/recipes/yagmur_dergisi.recipe
index a7db60d837..61220830c6 100644
--- a/recipes/yagmur_dergisi.recipe
+++ b/recipes/yagmur_dergisi.recipe
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ class Yagmur(BasicNewsRecipe):
         (u'Yagmur', u'http://open.dapper.net/services/yagmur'),
     ]
 
-    def print_version(self, url):  # there is a probem caused by table format
+    def print_version(self, url):  # there is a problem caused by table format
         return url.replace('http://www.yagmurdergisi.com.tr/konu_goster.php?konu_id=', 'http://www.yagmurdergisi.com.tr/yazformati.php?konu_id=')
diff --git a/recipes/yeni_umit_dergisi.recipe b/recipes/yeni_umit_dergisi.recipe
index a6465d9abe..668e03e871 100644
--- a/recipes/yeni_umit_dergisi.recipe
+++ b/recipes/yeni_umit_dergisi.recipe
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ class YeniUmit(BasicNewsRecipe):
         (u'Yeni Umit', u'http://open.dapper.net/services/yeniumit'),
     ]
 
-    def print_version(self, url):  # there is a probem caused by table format
+    def print_version(self, url):  # there is a problem caused by table format
         return url.replace('http://www.yeniumit.com.tr/konular', 'http://www.yeniumit.com.tr/yazdir')
diff --git a/recipes/zaobao.recipe b/recipes/zaobao.recipe
index 40a00bd8d0..2278c026c2 100644
--- a/recipes/zaobao.recipe
+++ b/recipes/zaobao.recipe
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ZAOBAO(BasicNewsRecipe):
         return soup
 
     def parse_feeds(self):
-        self.log(_('ZAOBAO overrided parse_feeds()'))
+        self.log(_('ZAOBAO overrode parse_feeds()'))
         parsed_feeds = BasicNewsRecipe.parse_feeds(self)
 
         for id, obj in enumerate(self.INDEXES):