diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/tuner-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/tuner-core.c
index 05b5c6652cfac56718af6a0e49fb0682b9c8ac28..e48b7c032c951eb9fc9f382ec615677b4ed8897a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/tuner-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/tuner-core.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static const struct analog_demod_ops tuner_analog_ops = {
  * @tuner_callback:	an optional function to be called when switching
  *			to analog mode
  *
- * This function applys the tuner config to tuner specified
+ * This function applies the tuner config to tuner specified
  * by tun_setup structure. It contains several per-tuner initialization "magic"
  */
 static void set_type(struct i2c_client *c, unsigned int type,
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void set_type(struct i2c_client *c, unsigned int type,
  * @sd:		subdev descriptor
  * @tun_setup:	type to be associated to a given tuner i2c address
  *
- * This function applys the tuner config to tuner specified
+ * This function applies the tuner config to tuner specified
  * by tun_setup structure.
  * If tuner I2C address is UNSET, then it will only set the device
  * if the tuner supports the mode specified in the call.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
index 30535e6b68f08c9fc4df2988b0316de5c91e2fcf..c8ac46049f3430ae07712f151c5043391f0059ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ do { \
  *  @atr_input: input bitstream to compute the hash on
  *  @input_mask: mask for the input bitstream
  *
- *  This function serves two main purposes.  First it applys the input_mask
+ *  This function serves two main purposes.  First it applies the input_mask
  *  to the atr_input resulting in a cleaned up atr_input data stream.
  *  Secondly it computes the hash and stores it in the bkt_hash field at
  *  the end of the input byte stream.  This way it will be available for
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_monitor.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_monitor.c
index 278b421ab3fedc607b53330648938782d9fb3e88..dd823f5fe4c9e81484184ededbbcedc6c9e551d2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_monitor.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_monitor.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ void radeon_probe_screens(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo,
 
 
 /*
- * This functions applyes any arch/model/machine specific fixups
+ * This function applies any arch/model/machine specific fixups
  * to the panel info. It may eventually alter EDID block as
  * well or whatever is specific to a given model and not probed
  * properly by the default code
diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
index edaf94d32cc76edf558844749984105e4f4bc608..deaa2a9f237c92d47d3f07c6db186cda6d7fa023 100644
--- a/scripts/spelling.txt
+++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ appearence||appearance
 applicaion||application
 appliction||application
 applictions||applications
+applys||applies
 appplications||applications
 appropiate||appropriate
 appropriatly||appropriately