treewide: fix spelling and grammar in Makefiles

Fix spelling and grammar in package definitions, configs, comments and
other strings.

Signed-off-by: George Sapkin <george@sapk.in>

71 files changed, 78 insertions, 78 deletions

diff --git a/admin/freeipmi/Makefile b/admin/freeipmi/Makefile
index 24b0d9e127..f36a8a44f3 100644
--- a/admin/freeipmi/Makefile
+++ b/admin/freeipmi/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Assorted IPMI-related tools:
  * ipmi-sensors - display IPMI sensor information
  * ipmi-sensors-config - configure sensors
  * ipmiconsole - IPMI console utility
- * ipmiping - send IPMI Get Authentication Capabilitiy request
+ * ipmiping - send IPMI Get Authentication Capability request
  * ipmipower - IPMI power control utility
  * pef-config - configure PEF values
  * rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts
diff --git a/devel/nasm/Makefile b/devel/nasm/Makefile
index d071a429b6..0118aee6f6 100644
--- a/devel/nasm/Makefile
+++ b/devel/nasm/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define Package/nasm
 endef
 
 define Package/nasm/description
-  NASM, the Netwide Assembler: an assembler targetting the
+  NASM, the Netwide Assembler: an assembler targeting the
   Intel x86 series of processors, with portable source.
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/erlang/Makefile b/lang/erlang/Makefile
index be6fbc2b42..b3aa204a8a 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/Makefile
+++ b/lang/erlang/Makefile
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/erlang-parsetools/description
 $(call Package/erlang/Default/description)
- This package incluides the following tools:
+ This package includes the following tools:
   yecc, LALR-1 Parser Generator.
   leex, Lexical analyzer generator for Erlang.
 endef
diff --git a/lang/lua/lua-coxpcall/Makefile b/lang/lua/lua-coxpcall/Makefile
index c9345df4b3..9b1239db8a 100644
--- a/lang/lua/lua-coxpcall/Makefile
+++ b/lang/lua/lua-coxpcall/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/lua-coxpcall/description
   Coxpcall encapsulates the protected calls with a coroutine based loop,
-  so errors can be dealed without the usual pcall/xpcall issues with coroutines.
+  so errors can be dealt without the usual pcall/xpcall issues with coroutines.
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
diff --git a/lang/lua/lua-struct/Makefile b/lang/lua/lua-struct/Makefile
index f24131f9a2..e309012927 100644
--- a/lang/lua/lua-struct/Makefile
+++ b/lang/lua/lua-struct/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ define Package/lua-struct
   URL:=https://github.com/iryont/lua-struct
 endef
 
-define Package/lua-struct/desription
+define Package/lua-struct/description
 	lua-struct is a pure lua Implementation for packing and unpacking 
 	binary data. 
 endef
diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index c16a38e599..8cfa26a0ef 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ define Package/perl
   SUBMENU:=Perl
   SECTION:=lang
   CATEGORY:=Languages
-  TITLE:=The Perl intepreter
+  TITLE:=The Perl interpreter
   URL:=http://www.perl.com/
   DEPENDS:= +USE_GLIBC:libcrypt-compat +USE_GLIBC:libbsd +PERL_THREADS:libpthread @!arc
 endef
diff --git a/lang/perl/perl-device-usb/Makefile b/lang/perl/perl-device-usb/Makefile
index 9757037f55..a419dfe8bc 100644
--- a/lang/perl/perl-device-usb/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/perl-device-usb/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ endef
 define Build/Configure
 	$(call perlmod/Configure,,)
 	
-	# Prepare a library directory where we can link againt lusb-0.1(as
+	# Prepare a library directory where we can link against lusb-0.1(as
 	# opposed to -lusb) to avoid confusion at runtime
 	mkdir $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/syslib
 	$(LN) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libusb.so $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/syslib/libusb-0.1.so
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
index b8412f0ad6..a774765bd1 100644
--- a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ define Package/python3-numpy
 	   +NUMPY_OPENBLAS_SUPPORT:openblas
 endef
 
-# We need to duplicate the omitted arhitectures same as openblas
+# We need to duplicate the omitted architectures same as openblas
 define Package/python3-numpy/config
 menu "Configuration"
 depends on !powerpc
diff --git a/lang/rust/rust-values.mk b/lang/rust/rust-values.mk
index e1dbbbccae..8acdc39433 100644
--- a/lang/rust/rust-values.mk
+++ b/lang/rust/rust-values.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Darwin)
   endif
 endif
 
-# mips64 openwrt has a specific targed in rustc
+# mips64 openwrt has a specific target in rustc
 ifeq ($(ARCH),mips64)
   RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH:=$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)
 else
diff --git a/libs/afalg_engine/Makefile b/libs/afalg_engine/Makefile
index ec6f1f3f12..153e1a9f0f 100644
--- a/libs/afalg_engine/Makefile
+++ b/libs/afalg_engine/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ define Package/libopenssl-afalg_sync/description
     It is different than the AF_ALG engine that ships with OpenSSL:
      - it is faster
      - it uses sync calls, instead of async
-     - it suports more algorithms
+     - it supports more algorithms
 endef
 
 define Package/libopenssl-afalg_sync/config
diff --git a/libs/alsa-ucm-conf/Makefile b/libs/alsa-ucm-conf/Makefile
index f86d44c176..f1091bbf7b 100644
--- a/libs/alsa-ucm-conf/Makefile
+++ b/libs/alsa-ucm-conf/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ define Package/alsa-ucm-conf
 endef
 
 define Package/alsa-ucm-conf/description
- This is a set of configuration files needed for some ALS utilities like alsactl.
+ This is a set of configuration files needed for some ALSA utilities like alsactl.
 endef
 
 define Build/Configure
diff --git a/libs/boost/Makefile b/libs/boost/Makefile
index ae95e2fd4f..e53e2492c1 100644
--- a/libs/boost/Makefile
+++ b/libs/boost/Makefile
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ define Package/boost/config
 		config boost-use-name-tags
 			bool "Use tagged names."
 			help
-				Add name tags the lib files, to diferentiate each library version:
+				Add name tags the lib files, to differentiate each library version:
 				  "-mt" for multi-threading.
 				  "-d" for debugging.
 				  "-s" for runtime static link".
diff --git a/libs/c-ares/Makefile b/libs/c-ares/Makefile
index 8e132851ed..af548eacde 100644
--- a/libs/c-ares/Makefile
+++ b/libs/c-ares/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
 define Package/libcares
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  TITLE:=Library for asyncronous DNS Requests (including name resolves)
+  TITLE:=Library for asynchronous DNS Requests (including name resolves)
   URL:=https://c-ares.org/
   MAINTAINER:=Karl Palsson <karlp@etactica.com>
 endef
diff --git a/libs/libdmapsharing/Makefile b/libs/libdmapsharing/Makefile
index 5d506aaff9..bd09792344 100644
--- a/libs/libdmapsharing/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libdmapsharing/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ define Package/libdmapsharing
   URL:=https://www.flyn.org/projects/libdmapsharing/
 endef
 
-define Package/libdmapsharing/decription
+define Package/libdmapsharing/description
   Libdmapsharing is a DMAP library implementation in C
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/libgcrypt/Makefile b/libs/libgcrypt/Makefile
index 6415a31c85..52bc8ac752 100644
--- a/libs/libgcrypt/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libgcrypt/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libgcrypt/description
  This is a general purpose cryptographic library based on the code from
- GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryptograhic building blocks:
+ GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryptographic building blocks:
  symmetric ciphers (AES, DES, Arcfour, CAST5), hash algorithms (MD5, SHA-1,
  RIPE-MD160, SHA-224/256, SHA-384/512), MACs (HMAC for all hash
  algorithms), public key algorithms (RSA, DSA), large integer functions,
diff --git a/libs/libgee/Makefile b/libs/libgee/Makefile
index 86f45f62d8..f4ed3b08de 100644
--- a/libs/libgee/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libgee/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define Package/libgee
   URL:=https://wiki.gnome.org/Libgee
 endef
 
-define Package/libgee/decription
+define Package/libgee/description
   Libgee is an utility library providing GObject-based interfaces and classes
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/libmicrohttpd/Makefile b/libs/libmicrohttpd/Makefile
index 4aa86454c0..8b632ec4a5 100644
--- a/libs/libmicrohttpd/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmicrohttpd/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libmicrohttpd-no-ssl
 $(call Package/libmicrohttpd/default)
-  TITLE:=GNU libmicrohttpd is an embbeded HTTP server library
+  TITLE:=GNU libmicrohttpd is an embedded HTTP server library
   VARIANT:=nossl
   DEFAULT_VARIANT:=1
   PROVIDES:=libmicrohttpd
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libmicrohttpd-ssl
 $(call Package/libmicrohttpd/default)
-  TITLE:=GNU libmicrohttpd is an embbeded HTTP and HTTPS server library
+  TITLE:=GNU libmicrohttpd is an embedded HTTP and HTTPS server library
   VARIANT:=ssl
   DEPENDS:=+libgnutls
   PROVIDES:=libmicrohttpd
diff --git a/libs/libmpeg2/Makefile b/libs/libmpeg2/Makefile
index a51454e823..3032eedda0 100644
--- a/libs/libmpeg2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmpeg2/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ define Package/libmpeg2
   URL:=http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
 endef
 
-define Package/libmpeg2/decription
+define Package/libmpeg2/description
   Libmpeg2 is a library for decoding MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/libogg/Makefile b/libs/libogg/Makefile
index 93b502ae02..7d4b3ffe21 100644
--- a/libs/libogg/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libogg/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ define Package/libogg/description
 Ogg project codecs use the Ogg bitstream format to arrange the raw,
 compressed bitstream into a more robust, useful form.  For example,
 the Ogg bitstream makes seeking, time stamping and error recovery
-possible, as well as mixing several sepearate, concurrent media
+possible, as well as mixing several separate, concurrent media
 streams into a single physical bitstream.
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/libopusenc/Makefile b/libs/libopusenc/Makefile
index 3f0dba57df..6e8bbe8c67 100644
--- a/libs/libopusenc/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libopusenc/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ define Package/libopusenc
   URL:=https://opus-codec.org
 endef
 
-define Package/libopusenc/descriptiion
+define Package/libopusenc/description
  Libopusenc provides a high-level API for creating .opus files and streams.
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/libradcli/Makefile b/libs/libradcli/Makefile
index 6a6b303456..2a45fa01f9 100644
--- a/libs/libradcli/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libradcli/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define Package/libradcli
   DEPENDS:= +RADCLI_TLS:libgnutls +libnettle
 endef
 
-define Package/libradcli/decription
+define Package/libradcli/description
   The radcli library is a library for writing RADIUS Clients. The library's
   approach is to allow writing RADIUS-aware application in less than 50 lines
   of C code. It was based originally on freeradius-client and is source 
diff --git a/libs/libsoup3/Makefile b/libs/libsoup3/Makefile
index 05e784c3b1..8f3f76bddf 100644
--- a/libs/libsoup3/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libsoup3/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ MESON_ARGS += \
 	-Dinstalled_tests=false \
 	-Dsysprof=disabled
 
-define package/libsoup3/decription
+define package/libsoup3/description
 Libsoup is an HTTP library implementation in C
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/libusbmuxd/Makefile b/libs/libusbmuxd/Makefile
index f725995a36..8586df9327 100644
--- a/libs/libusbmuxd/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libusbmuxd/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ define Package/libusbmuxd-utils
   $(call Package/libusbmuxd/Default)
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  TITLE+= utilies
+  TITLE+= utilities
   DEPENDS:=+libusbmuxd
   LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
 endef
diff --git a/libs/libuv/Makefile b/libs/libuv/Makefile
index 64f68923fe..61fc64b20d 100644
--- a/libs/libuv/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libuv/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
 define Package/libuv
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  TITLE:=Cross-platform asychronous I/O library
+  TITLE:=Cross-platform asynchronous I/O library
   URL:=https://libuv.org/
   DEPENDS:=+libpthread +librt
   ABI_VERSION:=1
diff --git a/libs/totem-pl-parser/Makefile b/libs/totem-pl-parser/Makefile
index 626d41232a..834122cb3b 100644
--- a/libs/totem-pl-parser/Makefile
+++ b/libs/totem-pl-parser/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define Package/totem-pl-parser
   URL:=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/totem-pl-parser
 endef
 
-define Package/totem-pl-parser/decription
+define Package/totem-pl-parser/description
   totem-pl-parser is a simple GObject-based library to parse a host of playlist formats
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/udns/Makefile b/libs/udns/Makefile
index 6eb81eeb5f..23b05a5c9a 100644
--- a/libs/udns/Makefile
+++ b/libs/udns/Makefile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ define Package/libudns
 endef
 
 define Package/libudns/description
-  UDNS is a stub DNS resolver library with ability to perform both syncronous
-  and asyncronous DNS queries.
+  UDNS is a stub DNS resolver library with ability to perform both synchronous
+  and asynchronous DNS queries.
 endef
 
 define Build/InstallDev
diff --git a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
index ca6e057fbe..58a24f65cf 100644
--- a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ define Package/ffmpeg/Default/description
  FFmpeg is a a software package that can record, convert and stream digital
  audio and video in numerous formats.
 
- FFmpeg licensing / patent issues are complex. It is the reponsibility of the
+ FFmpeg licensing / patent issues are complex. It is the responsibility of the
  user to understand any requirements in this regard with its usage. See:
  https://ffmpeg.org/legal.html for further information.
 endef
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ endef
 
 # Strip off FPU notation
 REAL_CPU_TYPE:=$(call qstrip,$(firstword $(subst +, ,$(CONFIG_CPU_TYPE))))
-# Fixup cpu types recogized by ffmpeg configure
+# Fixup cpu types recognized by ffmpeg configure
 REAL_CPU_TYPE:=$(subst octeonplus,octeon+,$(REAL_CPU_TYPE))
 
 FFMPEG_CONFIGURE:= \
diff --git a/multimedia/grilo-plugins/Makefile b/multimedia/grilo-plugins/Makefile
index f0c92a6b2b..e69a34474c 100644
--- a/multimedia/grilo-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/grilo-plugins/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define Package/grilo-plugins
   TITLE:=Plugins for the Grilo framework
 endef
 
-define Package/grilo/decription
+define Package/grilo/description
   Grilo is a framework that provides access to different sources of
   multimedia content, using a pluggable system. This package contains
   plugins to get information from a number of sources.
diff --git a/multimedia/grilo/Makefile b/multimedia/grilo/Makefile
index 54bc754ded..35ac8920ff 100644
--- a/multimedia/grilo/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/grilo/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define Package/grilo
   DEPENDS:=+glib2 +libsoup3 +libxml2
 endef
 
-define Package/grilo/decription
+define Package/grilo/description
   Grilo is a framework that provides access to different sources of
   multimedia content, using a pluggable system.
 endef
diff --git a/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile b/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile
index cb61dc2607..b870ba786e 100644
--- a/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ define Package/gstreamer1-libs/description
  $(call Package/gstreamer1/description/Default)
  .
  This meta package contains only dependencies on the other GStreamer
- componenents.
+ components.
 endef
 
 define Package/gstreamer1-libs
diff --git a/multimedia/lcdgrilo/Makefile b/multimedia/lcdgrilo/Makefile
index 3a3cf52c2a..d90b98151f 100644
--- a/multimedia/lcdgrilo/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/lcdgrilo/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define Package/lcdgrilo
   URL:=https://www.flyn.org/projects/lcdgrilo/
 endef
 
-define Package/lcdgrilo/decription
+define Package/lcdgrilo/description
 	A simple Grilo-based audio player meant to run on a Raspberry Pi with a PiFace CAD
 endef
 
diff --git a/net/atlas-sw-probe/Makefile b/net/atlas-sw-probe/Makefile
index 21506dba25..035c8527ee 100644
--- a/net/atlas-sw-probe/Makefile
+++ b/net/atlas-sw-probe/Makefile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ define Package/atlas-sw-probe/install
 	# Enable sending interface traffic statistics as Atlas measurement results
 	echo "RXTXRPT=yes" > $(1)/$(SCRIPTS_DIR)/state/config.txt
 
-	# Fix permision
+	# Fix permission
 	chmod 755 $(1)/$(SCRIPTS_DIR)/bin
 
 	# Add registration instruction
diff --git a/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile b/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile
index 552ec50946..b894f00d4e 100644
--- a/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile
+++ b/net/ddns-scripts/Makefile
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/ddns-scripts-digitalocean
   $(call Package/ddns-scripts/Default)
-  TITLE:=Extention for digitalocean.com API v2
+  TITLE:=Extension for digitalocean.com API v2
   DEPENDS:=ddns-scripts +curl
   PROVIDES:=ddns-scripts_digitalocean.com-v2
 endef
diff --git a/net/external-protocol/Makefile b/net/external-protocol/Makefile
index ba98465fc2..4ffb79c982 100644
--- a/net/external-protocol/Makefile
+++ b/net/external-protocol/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define Package/external-protocol/description
   netbird for example. External protocol is supposed
   to be managed with external software, not directly.
 
-  external protocol works automaticly on the background
+  external protocol works automatically on the background
   and sets up netifd details when interface comes up or
   goes down. This allows one to easily add interface to
   a firewall zone.
diff --git a/net/foolsm/Makefile b/net/foolsm/Makefile
index 1badaed193..a3462964e5 100644
--- a/net/foolsm/Makefile
+++ b/net/foolsm/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/foolsm/description
   foolsm is a link state monitor for carrying out actions when a link
-  transistions from the up to down state or vice versa.
+  transitions from the up to down state or vice versa.
 endef
 
 define Package/foolsm/conffiles
diff --git a/net/gensio/Makefile b/net/gensio/Makefile
index efc45da2b0..96e46d5ca2 100644
--- a/net/gensio/Makefile
+++ b/net/gensio/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ define Package/gensio/Default/description
  I/O types. You create a gensio object (or a gensio), and you can use
  that gensio without having to know too much about what is going on
  underneath. You can stack gensio on top of another one to add protocol
- funcionality. For instance, you can create a TCP gensio, stack SSL on
+ functionality. For instance, you can create a TCP gensio, stack SSL on
  top of that, and stack Telnet on top of that. It supports a number of
  network I/O and serial ports.  Gensio can be used for sending and
  receiving ports, and it also supports establishing encrypted and
diff --git a/net/gnunet/Makefile b/net/gnunet/Makefile
index 5eb17ef0b7..ad6c984e54 100644
--- a/net/gnunet/Makefile
+++ b/net/gnunet/Makefile
@@ -401,5 +401,5 @@ $(eval $(call BuildComponent,gns-sqlite,libsqlite3 gns plugins,))
 $(eval $(call BuildComponent,peerstore-sqlite,libsqlite3 peerstore plugin,))
 $(eval $(call BuildComponent,communicator-tcp,tng transport TCP communicator,y))
 $(eval $(call BuildComponent,communicator-udp,tng transport UDP communicator,y))
-$(eval $(call BuildComponent,utils,administration utililties,))
+$(eval $(call BuildComponent,utils,administration utilities,))
 $(eval $(call BuildComponent,vpn,vpn components,y))
diff --git a/net/iftop/Makefile b/net/iftop/Makefile
index 259b47a366..03773f5e7e 100644
--- a/net/iftop/Makefile
+++ b/net/iftop/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ define Package/iftop
   SECTION:=net
   CATEGORY:=Network
   DEPENDS:=+libpcap +libncurses +libpthread
-  TITLE:=display bandwith usage on an interface
+  TITLE:=display bandwidth usage on an interface
   URL:=http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/
 endef
 
diff --git a/net/lcdringer/Makefile b/net/lcdringer/Makefile
index 8cf3a22304..5bd00fedea 100644
--- a/net/lcdringer/Makefile
+++ b/net/lcdringer/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ define Package/lcdringer
   URL:=https://www.flyn.org/projects/lcdringer/
 endef
 
-define Package/lcdringer/decription
+define Package/lcdringer/description
 	A simple Jabber-initiated ringer meant to run on a Raspberry Pi with a PiFace CAD
 endef
 
diff --git a/net/mosquitto/Makefile b/net/mosquitto/Makefile
index de8e00609a..1137ae219e 100644
--- a/net/mosquitto/Makefile
+++ b/net/mosquitto/Makefile
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ define Package/libmosquitto/default/description
 use by any third party software that wants to communicate with _any_
 MQTT server.
 
-Should be useable for communicating with any MQTT v3.1/3.1.1/5 compatible
+Should be usable for communicating with any MQTT v3.1/3.1.1/5 compatible
 server, in addition to Mosquitto.
 endef
 
diff --git a/net/net-mtools/Makefile b/net/net-mtools/Makefile
index 01024522cf..5df32a6e87 100644
--- a/net/net-mtools/Makefile
+++ b/net/net-mtools/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ define Package/net-mtools
 endef
 
 define Package/net-mtools/description
-  The tools msend and mreceive can be particulary useful
+  The tools msend and mreceive can be particularly useful
   when debugging multicast setups.
 
   msend continuously sends UDP packets to the multicast
diff --git a/net/netopeer2/Makefile b/net/netopeer2/Makefile
index c62527c0ed..fae00a5755 100644
--- a/net/netopeer2/Makefile
+++ b/net/netopeer2/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
 #
 
-# Warning by default OpenWrt does not have a root password which is necessery for NETCONF server.
+# Warning by default OpenWrt does not have a root password which is necessary for NETCONF server.
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
diff --git a/net/owipcalc/Makefile b/net/owipcalc/Makefile
index 282bcc14ac..e3049d4bac 100644
--- a/net/owipcalc/Makefile
+++ b/net/owipcalc/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libowipcalc/description
   The owipcalc library supports a number of calculations and tests to work
-  with ip-address ranges, this is useful for programms that e.g. need to
+  with ip-address ranges, this is useful for programs that e.g. need to
   partition ipv6-prefixes into small subnets or to calculate address ranges
   for dhcp pools.
 endef
diff --git a/net/radicale2/Makefile b/net/radicale2/Makefile
index 2b8b8ef967..c2aacd68a2 100644
--- a/net/radicale2/Makefile
+++ b/net/radicale2/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $(call Package/radicale2/Default)
 endef
 
 define Package/radicale2-meta/description
-The Radicale Project is a CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server. It aims to be a light solution, easy to use, easy to install, easy to configure. As a consequence, it requires few software dependances and is pre-configured to work out-of-the-box.
+The Radicale Project is a CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server. It aims to be a light solution, easy to use, easy to install, easy to configure. As a consequence, it requires few software dependencies and is pre-configured to work out-of-the-box.
 
 The Radicale Project runs on most of the UNIX-like platforms (Linux, BSD, MacOS X) and Windows. It is known to work with Evolution, Lightning, iPhone and Android clients. It is free and open-source software, released under GPL version 3.
 endef
diff --git a/net/safe-search/Makefile b/net/safe-search/Makefile
index 1492db0900..d01e3c2115 100644
--- a/net/safe-search/Makefile
+++ b/net/safe-search/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ endef
 define Package/safe-search/description
 This package prevents adult content from appearing in search results by
 configuring dnsmasq to force all devices on your network to use Google and
-Bing's Safe Search IP addresses. This is designed to be approperiate for most
+Bing's Safe Search IP addresses. This is designed to be appropriate for most
 businesses and families. The default filtering rules do not interfere with
 normal web browsing.
 endef
diff --git a/net/softethervpn/Makefile b/net/softethervpn/Makefile
index 0c15bed313..e1b1c7281d 100644
--- a/net/softethervpn/Makefile
+++ b/net/softethervpn/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ HOST_CFLAGS += $(if $(CONFIG_HOST_OS_MACOS),-Wno-implicit-function-declaration,)
 define Host/Compile
 	# Build hamcorebuilder using host compiler and let it generate
 	# the hamcore.se2 archive file
-	# CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS & LDFLAGS need to be passed with CC because they are being ingored
+	# CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS & LDFLAGS need to be passed with CC because they are being ignored
 	CC="$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_CPPFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" $(MAKE) $(HOST_MAKE_FLAGS) \
 		src/bin/BuiltHamcoreFiles/unix/hamcore.se2
 endef
diff --git a/net/static-neighbor-reports/Makefile b/net/static-neighbor-reports/Makefile
index 462e9f0897..39de7257bf 100644
--- a/net/static-neighbor-reports/Makefile
+++ b/net/static-neighbor-reports/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endef
 define Package/static-neighbor-reports/description
   Allows to configure static neighbor reports for hostapd interfaces.
 
-  These neighbor reports are avilable to clients using IEEE 802.11k.
+  These neighbor reports are available to clients using IEEE 802.11k.
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,static-neighbor-reports))
diff --git a/net/trafficshaper/Makefile b/net/trafficshaper/Makefile
index 230963cab5..880fd28036 100644
--- a/net/trafficshaper/Makefile
+++ b/net/trafficshaper/Makefile
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ endef
 
 define Package/trafficshaper/description
   Setup QoS rules to limit (or reserve) traffic used by classes of clients.
-  Uplink and downlink can be controled (or not controlled) independently.
+  Uplink and downlink can be controlled (or not controlled) independently.
   Client classes are defined by its network addresses (IPv4 or IPv6). Each
-  client class can define absolute or relative (to wan) bandwith, and also
-  the use (or not) of spare wan bandwidth when avaiable.
+  client class can define absolute or relative (to wan) bandwidth, and also
+  the use (or not) of spare wan bandwidth when available.
 endef
 
 define Package/trafficshaper/conffiles
diff --git a/net/xl2tpd/Makefile b/net/xl2tpd/Makefile
index 5cbb19221e..c3acb6a008 100644
--- a/net/xl2tpd/Makefile
+++ b/net/xl2tpd/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endef
 define Package/xl2tpd/description
 l2tpd is the open source implementation of the L2TP tunneling protocol (RFC2661).
 It does implement both LAC and LNS role in a L2TP networking architecture. The
-main goal of this protocol is to tunnel PPP frame trough an IP network.
+main goal of this protocol is to tunnel PPP frame through an IP network.
 endef
 
 ifneq (0,0)
diff --git a/net/xtables-addons/Makefile b/net/xtables-addons/Makefile
index 46e3d97a5e..f97b82c346 100644
--- a/net/xtables-addons/Makefile
+++ b/net/xtables-addons/Makefile
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ endef
 
 #$(eval $(call BuildTemplate,SUFFIX,DESCRIPTION,EXTENSION,MODULE,DEPENDS))
 
-$(eval $(call BuildTemplate,compat-xtables,API compatibilty layer,,compat_xtables,+IPV6:kmod-ip6tables))
+$(eval $(call BuildTemplate,compat-xtables,API compatibility layer,,compat_xtables,+IPV6:kmod-ip6tables))
 
 $(eval $(call BuildTemplate,account,ACCOUNT,xt_ACCOUNT,ACCOUNT/xt_ACCOUNT,+kmod-ipt-compat-xtables))
 $(eval $(call BuildTemplate,asn,asn,xt_asn,xt_asn,))
diff --git a/utils/airos-dfs-reset/Makefile b/utils/airos-dfs-reset/Makefile
index 1e291110e2..eb8787b229 100644
--- a/utils/airos-dfs-reset/Makefile
+++ b/utils/airos-dfs-reset/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/airos-dfs-reset/description
 Companion app for Ubiquity AirOS Gear to enforce fallback to original frequency after DFS event is over.
-It works by soft-rebooting if running-frequency doesnt match the configured frequency.
+It works by soft-rebooting if running-frequency doesn't match the configured frequency.
 endef
 
 define Package/airos-dfs-reset/conffiles
diff --git a/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile b/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile
index f927376ee8..5701d73404 100644
--- a/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile
+++ b/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/attendedsysupgrade-common
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Base system
-  TITLE:=Common files neede by attendedsysupgrade packages
+  TITLE:=Common files needed by attendedsysupgrade packages
   MAINTAINER:=Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
   DEPENDS:=+rpcd +rpcd-mod-rpcsys
   PKGARCH:=all
diff --git a/utils/bash/Makefile b/utils/bash/Makefile
index 6afe72cc26..6d9cdd4e26 100644
--- a/utils/bash/Makefile
+++ b/utils/bash/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ endef
 # bash_cv_dev_fd: The test is done on build system but OpenWrt currently does
 # not have /dev/fd, it provides /proc/self/fd/ instead
 #
-# bash_cv_sys_named_pipes: Required for process substituion
+# bash_cv_sys_named_pipes: Required for process substitution
 CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	ac_cv_rl_prefix="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
 	ac_cv_rl_version="8.0" \
diff --git a/utils/coremark/Makefile b/utils/coremark/Makefile
index c9ca31acb8..721b944da7 100644
--- a/utils/coremark/Makefile
+++ b/utils/coremark/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ define Package/coremark/config
 		depends on PACKAGE_coremark
 		default y
 		help
-			This enables additional optmizations using the -O3 compilation flag.
+			This enables additional optimizations using the -O3 compilation flag.
 
 	config COREMARK_ENABLE_MULTITHREADING
 		bool "Enable multithreading support"
diff --git a/utils/crconf/Makefile b/utils/crconf/Makefile
index 5375ae6712..e3ca96b6e5 100644
--- a/utils/crconf/Makefile
+++ b/utils/crconf/Makefile
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/crconf
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  TITLE:=Linux crypto layer configuraton tool
+  TITLE:=Linux crypto layer configuration tool
   URL:=https://sourceforge.net/projects/crconf
 endef
 
 define Package/crconf/description
-  Linux crypto layer configuraton tool.
+  Linux crypto layer configuration tool.
   Use this to manipulate kernel Crypto API/framework stuff,
   like drivers, templates, etc.
   Example: https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Pcrypt
diff --git a/utils/cudy-bdinfo/Makefile b/utils/cudy-bdinfo/Makefile
index 2a4eeff68e..3afcacec0e 100644
--- a/utils/cudy-bdinfo/Makefile
+++ b/utils/cudy-bdinfo/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/cudy-bdinfo/description
 This program can be used to obtain information stored on the
-bdinfo parition found on routers from Shenzhen Cudy Technology.
+bdinfo partition found on routers from Shenzhen Cudy Technology.
 endef
 
 define Package/cudy-bdinfo/install
diff --git a/utils/dmidecode/Makefile b/utils/dmidecode/Makefile
index 708e8c56a9..0e63f3b28e 100644
--- a/utils/dmidecode/Makefile
+++ b/utils/dmidecode/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define Package/dmidecode
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
   DEPENDS:=@(TARGET_x86||TARGET_x86_64||TARGET_armsr_armv8)
-  TITLE:=Displays BIOS informations.
+  TITLE:=Displays BIOS information
   URL:=https://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/fft-eval/Makefile b/utils/fft-eval/Makefile
index 8e851d7ba3..fd396eeb30 100644
--- a/utils/fft-eval/Makefile
+++ b/utils/fft-eval/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define Package/$(PKG_NAME)
 endef
 
 define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/description
-	Evaluates FFT samples from diferent wifi boards drivers
+	Evaluates FFT samples from different wifi boards drivers
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS  += -Wall -W -std=gnu99 -fno-strict-aliasing -MD -MP
diff --git a/utils/gnupg/Makefile b/utils/gnupg/Makefile
index ce7db535dc..8e244fcf7a 100644
--- a/utils/gnupg/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gnupg/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ define Package/gpgv/description
 endef
 
 define Package/gnupg-utils/description
- Key management utilies for GnuPG.
+ Key management utilities for GnuPG.
  This package is needed to import keys from a keyserver.
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/gnupg2/Makefile b/utils/gnupg2/Makefile
index 0da0dd3a49..ce7ce5a150 100644
--- a/utils/gnupg2/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gnupg2/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ access to OCSP providers.  Dirmngr is invoked internally by 'gpg',
 endef
 
 define Package/gnupg2-utils/description
- Key management utilies for GnuPG (version 2).
+ Key management utilities for GnuPG (version 2).
  This package is needed to import keys from a keyserver.
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/Makefile b/utils/hwinfo/Makefile
index b73546afdd..004d733fef 100644
--- a/utils/hwinfo/Makefile
+++ b/utils/hwinfo/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
 define Host/Compile
 	# Build using host compiler and let it generate the files we need
-	# CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS & LDFLAGS need to be passed with CC because they are being ingored
+	# CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS & LDFLAGS need to be passed with CC because they are being ignored
 	CC="$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_CPPFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" $(MAKE) \
 		-C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/src/isdn/cdb
 	CC="$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_CPPFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" $(MAKE) \
diff --git a/utils/klish/Makefile b/utils/klish/Makefile
index a14a4025d9..119f79d7e8 100644
--- a/utils/klish/Makefile
+++ b/utils/klish/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ define Package/klish/description
  klish is able to run using clish XML configuration files although
  current clish users may expect some changes in behavior.
  Konf and konfd are klish utilities that are used to store configuration
- informations in a way which is similar to what's found on CISCO devices.
+ information in a way which is similar to what's found on CISCO devices.
  More information about these tools is to be found on the klish web site.
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/open2300/Makefile b/utils/open2300/Makefile
index 6f8baa1a10..57e31adf75 100644
--- a/utils/open2300/Makefile
+++ b/utils/open2300/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define Package/open2300
 endef
 
 define Package/open2300/description
-  This is an utility suite used to communicate with and collect data from a WS23XX wheather station.
+  This is an utility suite used to communicate with and collect data from a WS23XX weather station.
 endef
 
 MAKE_FLAGS += \
diff --git a/utils/opensc/Makefile b/utils/opensc/Makefile
index 91eb200f41..fff3571e04 100644
--- a/utils/opensc/Makefile
+++ b/utils/opensc/Makefile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ define Package/libpkcs11-spy
   DEPENDS:=+libopenssl +libpthread
 endef
 
-define Package/libpkcs11-spy/dscription
+define Package/libpkcs11-spy/description
   PKCS#11 spying wrapper
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/owfs/Makefile b/utils/owfs/Makefile
index 63320bf7b1..d11a785df1 100644
--- a/utils/owfs/Makefile
+++ b/utils/owfs/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ define Package/owfs/Default/description
   software designer to create monitoring or control applications. There are
   some performance enhancements in the implementation, including data caching,
   parallel access to bus masters, and aggregation of device communication.
-  Still the fundemental goal has been ease of use, flexibility and correctness
+  Still the fundamental goal has been ease of use, flexibility and correctness
   rather than speed.
 endef
 
diff --git a/utils/procps-ng/Makefile b/utils/procps-ng/Makefile
index 4e8f785c35..4bf4a59155 100644
--- a/utils/procps-ng/Makefile
+++ b/utils/procps-ng/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ endef
 define Package/procps-ng/description
   procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem
   most commonly located at /proc. This filesystem provides a simple interface to the kernel data structures.
-  The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processess running on the system.
+  The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processes running on the system.
 
   NOTE: some utilities provided by procps-ng packages (ps, uptime, kill, ...) are installed as busybox applets, by default.
   Conflicting applets should be removed from the build to avoid file conflicts.
diff --git a/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-lua/Makefile b/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-lua/Makefile
index 37c6f7d1be..31583a6cf8 100644
--- a/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-lua/Makefile
+++ b/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-lua/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endef
 define Package/prometheus-node-exporter-lua/description
   Provides node metrics as Prometheus scraping endpoint.
 
-  This service is a lightweight rewrite in LUA of the offical Prometheus node_exporter.
+  This service is a lightweight rewrite in LUA of the official Prometheus node_exporter.
 endef
 
 # Additional optional exporters:
diff --git a/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-ucode/Makefile b/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-ucode/Makefile
index 8319cc4e8e..3cef0f63ac 100644
--- a/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-ucode/Makefile
+++ b/utils/prometheus-node-exporter-ucode/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ endef
 define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/description
   Provides node metrics as Prometheus scraping endpoint.
 
-  This service is a lightweight rewrite in ucode of the offical Prometheus node_exporter.
+  This service is a lightweight rewrite in ucode of the official Prometheus node_exporter.
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,prometheus-node-exporter-ucode))
diff --git a/utils/ubnt-manager/Makefile b/utils/ubnt-manager/Makefile
index 3f5b82c64f..cf5f876ae7 100644
--- a/utils/ubnt-manager/Makefile
+++ b/utils/ubnt-manager/Makefile
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/ubnt-manager
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  TITLE:=Managment app for Ubiquiti devices
+  TITLE:=Management app for Ubiquiti devices
   PKGARCH:=all
   DEPENDS:=dropbear
 endef
 
 define Package/ubnt-manager/description
-Managment app for Ubiquiti devices.
+Management app for Ubiquiti devices.
 endef
 
 define Package/ubnt-manager/conffiles
diff --git a/utils/zoneinfo/Makefile b/utils/zoneinfo/Makefile
index af5c87b80f..7b738e9d70 100644
--- a/utils/zoneinfo/Makefile
+++ b/utils/zoneinfo/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=2025c
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 #As i couldn't find real license used "Public Domain"
-#as referense to http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html
+#as reference to http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html
 PKG_LICENSE:=Public-Domain
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=tzdata$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/utils/zstd/Makefile b/utils/zstd/Makefile
index df77546941..ddcbeb6479 100644
--- a/utils/zstd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/zstd/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ define Package/libzstd/config
 		depends on PACKAGE_libzstd
 		default y
 		help
-			This enables additional optmizations using the -O3 compilation flag.
+			This enables additional optimizations using the -O3 compilation flag.
 endef
 
 define Package/zstd