diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
index 61f753586..b6aa0ee9e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ class Backend:
         copt_proxy = OptionOverrideProxy(target.option_overrides, self.environment.coredata.compiler_options)
         # First, the trivial ones that are impossible to override.
         #
-        # Add -nostdinc/-nostdinc++ if needed; can't be overriden
+        # Add -nostdinc/-nostdinc++ if needed; can't be overridden
         commands += self.get_cross_stdlib_args(target, compiler)
-        # Add things like /NOLOGO or -pipe; usually can't be overriden
+        # Add things like /NOLOGO or -pipe; usually can't be overridden
         commands += compiler.get_always_args()
         # Only add warning-flags by default if the buildtype enables it, and if
         # we weren't explicitly asked to not emit warnings (for Vala, f.ex)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index 6eb8e133a..72bad29ee 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -2387,9 +2387,9 @@ rule FORTRAN_DEP_HACK
             commands += compilers.get_base_link_args(self.environment.coredata.base_options,
                                                      linker,
                                                      isinstance(target, build.SharedModule))
-        # Add -nostdlib if needed; can't be overriden
+        # Add -nostdlib if needed; can't be overridden
         commands += self.get_cross_stdlib_link_args(target, linker)
-        # Add things like /NOLOGO; usually can't be overriden
+        # Add things like /NOLOGO; usually can't be overridden
         commands += linker.get_linker_always_args()
         # Add buildtype linker args: optimization level, etc.
         commands += linker.get_buildtype_linker_args(self.get_option_for_target('buildtype', target))
diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 5f552c251..d38f4d45a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ class GeneratedList:
 class Executable(BuildTarget):
     def __init__(self, name, subdir, subproject, is_cross, sources, objects, environment, kwargs):
         super().__init__(name, subdir, subproject, is_cross, sources, objects, environment, kwargs)
-        # Unless overriden, executables have no suffix or prefix. Except on
+        # Unless overridden, executables have no suffix or prefix. Except on
         # Windows and with C#/Mono executables where the suffix is 'exe'
         if not hasattr(self, 'prefix'):
             self.prefix = ''
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index 7f6a1817c..7087b3eb4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ class CompilerArgs(list):
         Returns whether the argument can be safely de-duped. This is dependent
         on three things:
 
-        a) Whether an argument can be 'overriden' by a later argument.  For
+        a) Whether an argument can be 'overridden' by a later argument.  For
            example, -DFOO defines FOO and -UFOO undefines FOO. In this case, we
            can safely remove the previous occurrence and add a new one. The same
            is true for include paths and library paths with -I and -L. For
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ class Compiler:
             self.exelist = exelist
         else:
             raise TypeError('Unknown argument to Compiler')
-        # In case it's been overriden by a child class already
+        # In case it's been overridden by a child class already
         if not hasattr(self, 'file_suffixes'):
             self.file_suffixes = lang_suffixes[self.language]
         if not hasattr(self, 'can_compile_suffixes'):
diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index fe7507470..be5ce47d8 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
             # Verify that -I flags from the `args` kwarg are first
             # This is set in the '43 has function' test case
             self.assertEqual(cmd[1], '-I/tmp')
-            # Verify that -O3 set via the environment is overriden by -O0
+            # Verify that -O3 set via the environment is overridden by -O0
             Oargs = [arg for arg in cmd if arg.startswith('-O')]
             self.assertEqual(Oargs, [Oflag, '-O0'])
 
diff --git a/test cases/common/66 install subdir/subdir/meson.build b/test cases/common/66 install subdir/subdir/meson.build
index 37d2da455..a1dadd4e5 100644
--- a/test cases/common/66 install subdir/subdir/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/66 install subdir/subdir/meson.build	
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 install_subdir('sub1', install_dir : 'share',
-  # This mode will be overriden by the mode set in the outer install_subdir
+  # This mode will be overridden by the mode set in the outer install_subdir
   install_mode : 'rwxr-x---')