diff --git a/docs/Thunar.xml b/docs/Thunar.xml
index b83326d023c417301263566230c7289f1456abee..a2281744072bcec5cc1c78f107ff6679264997af 100644
--- a/docs/Thunar.xml
+++ b/docs/Thunar.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     </para>
     <para>
       When the <option>--bulk-rename</option> option is specified no file managers windows will be opened, but instead
-      the <replaceable>URI</replaceable>s will be passed to the bulk renamer. The bulk renamer allows to
+      the <replaceable>URI</replaceable>s will be passed to the bulk renamer. The bulk renamer allows one to
       rename several files or folders at once using different renamer modules.
     </para>
 
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-enum-types.h b/thunar/thunar-enum-types.h
index 83103bc6571c8f8b121ea1479ef463cf7e45569b..88722ee4e7f40c6cc3c6ab16ebe3a76a3d62c061 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-enum-types.h
+++ b/thunar/thunar-enum-types.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ GType thunar_thumbnail_mode_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 /**
  * ThunarRecursivePermissionsMode:
- * @THUNAR_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS_ASK    : ask the user everytime permissions are changed.
+ * @THUNAR_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS_ASK    : ask the user every time permissions are changed.
  * @THUNAR_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS_ALWAYS : always apply the change recursively.
  * @THUNAR_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS_NEVER  : never apply the change recursively.
  *
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-preferences-dialog.c b/thunar/thunar-preferences-dialog.c
index a5ae763fc1df68e2533a726743aab457ac3fd689..6f7ed16a993d475250976f93edaa8ea1ce09f4f4 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-preferences-dialog.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-preferences-dialog.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ thunar_preferences_dialog_init (ThunarPreferencesDialog *dialog)
   gtk_widget_show (label);
 
   combo = gtk_combo_box_text_new ();
-  gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (combo), _("Ask everytime"));
+  gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (combo), _("Ask every time"));
   gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (combo), _("Apply to Folder Only"));
   gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (combo), _("Apply to Folder and Contents"));
   exo_mutual_binding_new (G_OBJECT (dialog->preferences), "misc-recursive-permissions", G_OBJECT (combo), "active");
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-preferences.c b/thunar/thunar-preferences.c
index 1ce996a6cf9d21882df3a24d6f392ddab0c4a03c..db92bf2a342cfc684b643849959393f23d18a9e7 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-preferences.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-preferences.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ thunar_preferences_class_init (ThunarPreferencesClass *klass)
   /**
    * ThunarPreferences:misc-recursive-permissions:
    *
-   * Whether to apply permissions recursively everytime the
+   * Whether to apply permissions recursively every time the
    * permissions are altered by the user.
    **/
   preferences_props[PROP_MISC_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS] =
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c b/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
index de76671990f1dee596a6685adf758fc8b830d2b8..d2439508b082e76059c0682132b3c896ea387049 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ thunar_standard_view_set_current_directory (ThunarNavigator *navigator,
       standard_view->priv->current_directory = NULL;
 
       /* resetting the folder for the model can take some time if the view has
-       * to update the selection everytime (i.e. closing a window with a lot of
+       * to update the selection every time (i.e. closing a window with a lot of
        * selected files), so we temporarily disconnect the model from the view.
        */
       g_object_set (G_OBJECT (gtk_bin_get_child (GTK_BIN (standard_view))), "model", NULL, NULL);