diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
index 57b87282b6..386a55d1ee 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     <![ %chap.linuxemu;                 [ &chap.linuxemu;             ]]>
   </part>
   
-  <part id="appendicies">
+  <part id="appendices">
     <title>Appendices</title>
     
     <![ %chap.mirrors;                  [ &chap.mirrors;              ]]>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
index dbd52e7082..388e17940c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
 	<para>To use <command>mencoder</command> it is a good idea to
 	 familiarize yourself with the options from the HTML
 	 documentation.  There is a manual page, but it is not very
-	 useful without the HTML.  There are innummerable ways to
+	 useful without the HTML.  There are innumerable ways to
 	 improve quality, lower bitrate, and change formats, and some
 	 of these tricks may make the difference between good
 	 or bad performance.  Here are a couple of examples to get
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index a78758cc39..6b1cc27c21 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ adsl:
       </callout>
     </calloutlist>
 
-    <para>It is possible to initialise the connection easily by issuing the
+    <para>It is possible to initialize the connection easily by issuing the
       following command as <username>root</username>.</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mpd -b</userinput> <replaceable>adsl</replaceable></screen>
@@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@ Shelmerg  dc-slip       sl-helmerg      0xfffffc00      autocomp</programlisting
 	    will not be available as source code to the public anymore 
 	    (more info on the <ulink
 	    url="http://www.gated.org/">gated</ulink> website). This 
-	    section only exists to ensure backwards compatability for
+	    section only exists to ensure backwards compatibility for
 	    those that are still using an older version.</para>
 	</note>