diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
index 92399d3ffd15efca7f5bc10958485d9937445a20..06de1cbcf67dcf5774e5c3ab886eeffa1bd4d708 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static void qib_6120_clear_freeze(struct qib_devdata *dd)
 	/* disable error interrupts, to avoid confusion */
 	qib_write_kreg(dd, kr_errmask, 0ULL);
 
-	/* also disable interrupts; errormask is sometimes overwriten */
+	/* also disable interrupts; errormask is sometimes overwritten */
 	qib_6120_set_intr_state(dd, 0);
 
 	qib_cancel_sends(dd->pport);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c
index e55e31a691951968dc01bb6bbfa6b524a5b10f73..55a18384c22d646b74439d7171b43e73da1391f9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ static void qib_7220_clear_freeze(struct qib_devdata *dd)
 	/* disable error interrupts, to avoid confusion */
 	qib_write_kreg(dd, kr_errmask, 0ULL);
 
-	/* also disable interrupts; errormask is sometimes overwriten */
+	/* also disable interrupts; errormask is sometimes overwritten */
 	qib_7220_set_intr_state(dd, 0);
 
 	qib_cancel_sends(dd->pport);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c
index 9cc97bd4277590bf4bc03e58817c4c67adcbb3be..12c4208fd7013b78c5e1bf736d82461c05c814c3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ static void qib_7322_clear_freeze(struct qib_devdata *dd)
 			qib_write_kreg_port(dd->pport + pidx, krp_errmask,
 					    0ULL);
 
-	/* also disable interrupts; errormask is sometimes overwriten */
+	/* also disable interrupts; errormask is sometimes overwritten */
 	qib_7322_set_intr_state(dd, 0);
 
 	/* clear the freeze, and be sure chip saw it */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNipac.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNipac.c
index 8d338ba366d0a65e4ea682138f373df6be6b586f..77dec28ba874c7f220944afc07e6ebcb67fa00a0 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNipac.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNipac.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ mISDNipac_init(struct ipac_hw *ipac, void *hw)
 		ipac->hscx[i].bch.hw = hw;
 		ipac->hscx[i].ip = ipac;
 		/* default values for IOM time slots
-		 * can be overwriten by card */
+		 * can be overwritten by card */
 		ipac->hscx[i].slot = (i == 0) ? 0x2f : 0x03;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
index 78530d1714dc7422a597314e098a88513208c169..3e56e7deab8e8deabfe53f271417b999c27612e1 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static size_t parport_pc_ecp_write_block_pio(struct parport *port,
  *	******************************************
  */
 
-/* GCC is not inlining extern inline function later overwriten to non-inline,
+/* GCC is not inlining extern inline function later overwritten to non-inline,
    so we use outlined_ variants here.  */
 static const struct parport_operations parport_pc_ops = {
 	.write_data	= parport_pc_write_data,
diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
index 28753c25f4360d066c8b5f4b2dca4952b1947a6f..3aa95a19497b37385bb797d3857c986d21593dfd 100644
--- a/scripts/spelling.txt
+++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ overrided||overridden
 overriden||overridden
 overun||overrun
 overwritting||overwriting
+overwriten||overwritten
 pacakge||package
 pachage||package
 packacge||package
diff --git a/sound/pci/cs46xx/cs46xx_dsp_task_types.h b/sound/pci/cs46xx/cs46xx_dsp_task_types.h
index 5cf920bfda2728a27509e14406c93b801f7382e1..be5694718546eca59afeccc588d325a4414d98f3 100644
--- a/sound/pci/cs46xx/cs46xx_dsp_task_types.h
+++ b/sound/pci/cs46xx/cs46xx_dsp_task_types.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct dsp_task_tree_context_block {
 
 	u32	  saverfe;					
 
-	/* Value may be overwriten by stack save algorithm.
+	/* Value may be overwritten by stack save algorithm.
 	   Retain the size of the stack data saved here if used */
 	___DSP_DUAL_16BIT_ALLOC(
              reserved1,