diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index cabe71b464..824ea8bf66 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static int configure_video_filters(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost)
     codec->width  = ost->output_video_filter->inputs[0]->w;
     codec->height = ost->output_video_filter->inputs[0]->h;
     codec->sample_aspect_ratio = ost->st->sample_aspect_ratio =
-        ost->frame_aspect_ratio ? // overriden by the -aspect cli option
+        ost->frame_aspect_ratio ? // overridden by the -aspect cli option
         av_d2q(ost->frame_aspect_ratio*codec->height/codec->width, 255) :
         ost->output_video_filter->inputs[0]->sample_aspect_ratio;
 
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static void do_video_out(AVFormatContext *s,
 
         if (s->oformat->flags & AVFMT_RAWPICTURE) {
             /* raw pictures are written as AVPicture structure to
-               avoid any copies. We support temorarily the older
+               avoid any copies. We support temporarily the older
                method. */
             AVFrame* old_frame = enc->coded_frame;
             enc->coded_frame = dec->coded_frame; //FIXME/XXX remove this hack
@@ -4292,7 +4292,7 @@ static const OptionDef options[] = {
     { "qscale", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_qscale}, "use fixed video quantizer scale (VBR)", "q" },
     { "rc_override", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_video_rc_override_string}, "rate control override for specific intervals", "override" },
     { "vcodec", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_video_codec}, "force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec" },
-    { "me_threshold", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_me_threshold}, "motion estimaton threshold",  "threshold" },
+    { "me_threshold", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_me_threshold}, "motion estimation threshold",  "threshold" },
     { "sameq", OPT_BOOL | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)&same_quant}, "use same quantizer as source (implies VBR)" },
     { "same_quant", OPT_BOOL | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)&same_quant}, "use same quantizer as source (implies VBR)" },
     { "pass", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO, {(void*)opt_pass}, "select the pass number (1 or 2)", "n" },