diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h
index 578e7e536e..85bc8c22f8 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public:
     */
     bool containsIgnoreCase (const String& text) const noexcept;
 
-    /** Tests whether the string contains another substring as a distict word.
+    /** Tests whether the string contains another substring as a distinct word.
 
         @returns    true if the string contains this word, surrounded by
                     non-alphanumeric characters
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public:
     */
     bool containsWholeWord (const String& wordToLookFor) const noexcept;
 
-    /** Tests whether the string contains another substring as a distict word.
+    /** Tests whether the string contains another substring as a distinct word.
 
         @returns    true if the string contains this word, surrounded by
                     non-alphanumeric characters
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ public:
     */
     bool containsWholeWordIgnoreCase (const String& wordToLookFor) const noexcept;
 
-    /** Finds an instance of another substring if it exists as a distict word.
+    /** Finds an instance of another substring if it exists as a distinct word.
 
         @returns    if the string contains this word, surrounded by non-alphanumeric characters,
                     then this will return the index of the start of the substring. If it isn't
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public:
     */
     int indexOfWholeWord (const String& wordToLookFor) const noexcept;
 
-    /** Finds an instance of another substring if it exists as a distict word.
+    /** Finds an instance of another substring if it exists as a distinct word.
 
         @returns    if the string contains this word, surrounded by non-alphanumeric characters,
                     then this will return the index of the start of the substring. If it isn't
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_ApplicationCommandManager.h b/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_ApplicationCommandManager.h
index c3e2951ebb..268744cecf 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_ApplicationCommandManager.h
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_ApplicationCommandManager.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public:
 
     /** Returns the list of categories.
 
-        This will go through all registered commands, and return a list of all the distict
+        This will go through all registered commands, and return a list of all the distinct
         categoryName values from their ApplicationCommandInfo structure.
 
         @see getCommandsInCategory()