diff --git a/src/gen/lib/event.py b/src/gen/lib/event.py
index d958bac1f..c829b685a 100644
--- a/src/gen/lib/event.py
+++ b/src/gen/lib/event.py
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ class Event(SourceBase, NoteBase, MediaBase, AttributeBase,
         This method is used to convert the object into a form that can easily 
         be saved to a database.
 
-        These elements may be primative Python types (string, integers),
+        These elements may be primitive Python types (string, integers),
         complex Python types (lists or tuples, or Python objects. If the
-        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objectes or
+        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objects or
         lists), the database is responsible for converting the data into
         a form that it can use.
 
diff --git a/src/gen/lib/family.py b/src/gen/lib/family.py
index 5dfb49d84..464ce3486 100644
--- a/src/gen/lib/family.py
+++ b/src/gen/lib/family.py
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ class Family(SourceBase, NoteBase, MediaBase, AttributeBase, LdsOrdBase,
         This method is used to convert the object into a form that can easily 
         be saved to a database.
 
-        These elements may be primative Python types (string, integers),
+        These elements may be primitive Python types (string, integers),
         complex Python types (lists or tuples, or Python objects. If the
-        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objectes or
+        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objects or
         lists), the database is responsible for converting the data into
         a form that it can use.
 
diff --git a/src/gen/lib/mediaobj.py b/src/gen/lib/mediaobj.py
index 840dd4d19..5ffeb9ef7 100644
--- a/src/gen/lib/mediaobj.py
+++ b/src/gen/lib/mediaobj.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ from gen.lib.markertype import MarkerType
 class MediaObject(SourceBase, NoteBase, DateBase, AttributeBase,
                   PrimaryObject):
     """
-    Containter for information about an image file, including location,
+    Container for information about an image file, including location,
     description and privacy.
     """
     
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ class MediaObject(SourceBase, NoteBase, DateBase, AttributeBase,
         This method is used to convert the object into a form that can easily 
         be saved to a database.
 
-        These elements may be primative Python types (string, integers),
+        These elements may be primitive Python types (string, integers),
         complex Python types (lists or tuples, or Python objects. If the
-        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objectes or
+        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objects or
         lists), the database is responsible for converting the data into
         a form that it can use.
 
diff --git a/src/gen/lib/mediaref.py b/src/gen/lib/mediaref.py
index e66613fcd..12353fcb2 100644
--- a/src/gen/lib/mediaref.py
+++ b/src/gen/lib/mediaref.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class MediaRef(SecondaryObject, PrivacyBase, SourceBase, NoteBase, RefBase,
         return self.attribute_list + self.source_list
 
     def set_rectangle(self, coord):
-        """Set subection of an image."""
+        """Set subsection of an image."""
         self.rect = coord
 
     def get_rectangle(self):
diff --git a/src/gen/lib/person.py b/src/gen/lib/person.py
index 7a5e46c17..b357c6c18 100644
--- a/src/gen/lib/person.py
+++ b/src/gen/lib/person.py
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ class Person(SourceBase, NoteBase, AttributeBase, MediaBase,
         This method is used to convert the object into a form that can easily 
         be saved to a database.
 
-        These elements may be primative Python types (string, integers), 
+        These elements may be primitive Python types (string, integers), 
         complex Python types (lists or tuples, or Python objects. If the
-        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objectes or
+        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objects or
         lists), the database is responsible for converting the data into
         a form that it can use.
 
diff --git a/src/gen/lib/place.py b/src/gen/lib/place.py
index f20ab9c7a..b378f6902 100644
--- a/src/gen/lib/place.py
+++ b/src/gen/lib/place.py
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ class Place(SourceBase, NoteBase, MediaBase, UrlBase, PrimaryObject):
         This method is used to convert the object into a form that can easily 
         be saved to a database.
 
-        These elements may be primative Python types (string, integers),
+        These elements may be primitive Python types (string, integers),
         complex Python types (lists or tuples, or Python objects. If the
-        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objectes or
+        target database cannot handle complex types (such as objects or
         lists), the database is responsible for converting the data into
         a form that it can use.
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py b/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py
index 4bb828d9a..2d06bd282 100644
--- a/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py
+++ b/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class MediaView(ListView):
 
     def drag_info(self):
         """
-        Return the type of DND targetst that this view will accept. For Media 
+        Return the type of DND targets that this view will accept. For Media 
         View, we will accept media objects.
         """
         return DdTargets.MEDIAOBJ