diff --git a/apps/home/controller.cpp b/apps/home/controller.cpp
index e5c3a0d2c..6192d3643 100644
--- a/apps/home/controller.cpp
+++ b/apps/home/controller.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void Controller::tableViewDidChangeSelection(SelectableTableView * t, int previo
   /* To prevent the selectable table view to select cells that are unvisible,
    * we reselect the previous selected cell as soon as the selected cell is
    * unvisible. This trick does not create an endless loop as we ensure not to
-   * stay on a unvisible cell and to initiate the first cell on a visible one
+   * stay on a unvisible cell and to initialize the first cell on a visible one
    * (so the previous one is always visible). */
   int appIndex = (t->selectedRow()*k_numberOfColumns+t->selectedColumn())+1;
   if (appIndex >= m_container->numberOfApps()) {
diff --git a/apps/math_toolbox.cpp b/apps/math_toolbox.cpp
index 9f06ad683..ea120c032 100644
--- a/apps/math_toolbox.cpp
+++ b/apps/math_toolbox.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-/* TODO: find a shorter way to initiate tree models
+/* TODO: find a shorter way to initialize tree models
  * We create one model tree: each node keeps the label of the row it refers to
  * and the text which would be edited by clicking on the row. When the node is a
  * subtree, the edited text is set at I18n::Message::Default. */
diff --git a/escher/src/view.cpp b/escher/src/view.cpp
index d9797f9ed..61d063af4 100644
--- a/escher/src/view.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/view.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ KDRect View::redraw(KDRect rect, KDRect forceRedrawRect) {
     ctx->setClippingRect(absClippingRect);
     this->drawRect(ctx, rectNeedingRedraw);
   }
-  // This initiates the area that has been redrawn.
+  // This initializes the area that has been redrawn.
   KDRect redrawnArea = rectNeedingRedraw;
 
   // Then, let's recursively draw our children over ourself
diff --git a/poincare/src/derivative.cpp b/poincare/src/derivative.cpp
index 7e87c0589..295f5400c 100644
--- a/poincare/src/derivative.cpp
+++ b/poincare/src/derivative.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Evaluation<T> * Derivative::templatedEvaluate(Context& context, AngleUnit angleU
    * - Ridders, C.J.F. 1982, Advances in Engineering Software, vol. 4, no. 2,
    * pp. 75–76. */
 
-  // Initiate hh
+  // Initialize hh
   T h = std::fabs(x) < min ? k_minInitialRate : x/1000;
   T f2 = approximateDerivate2(x, h, xContext, angleUnit);
   f2 = std::fabs(f2) < min ? k_minInitialRate : f2;