diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 71e46f7..f787f2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Features
 * Unicode support has been vastly improved and is now turned on by default. Ascii only mode can be toggled with the `--ascii` command line flag.
 * Added pageup and pagedown with the `m` and `n` keys.
 * Support for terminal based webbrowsers such as links and w3m.
-* Browsing history is now persistant and stored in `$XDG_CACHE_HOME`.
+* Browsing history is now persistent and stored in `$XDG_CACHE_HOME`.
 
 Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/rtv/content.py b/rtv/content.py
index afa64bd..62cfaaf 100644
--- a/rtv/content.py
+++ b/rtv/content.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class BaseContent(object):
 
         while True:
             if step < 0 and index < 0:
-                # Hack to prevent displaying negative indicies if iterating in
+                # Hack to prevent displaying negative indices if iterating in
                 # the negative direction.
                 break
             try:
diff --git a/rtv/curses_helpers.py b/rtv/curses_helpers.py
index 0d48684..4265cea 100644
--- a/rtv/curses_helpers.py
+++ b/rtv/curses_helpers.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class LoadScreen(object):
     """
     Display a loading dialog while waiting for a blocking action to complete.
 
-    This class spins off a seperate thread to animate the loading screen in the
+    This class spins off a separate thread to animate the loading screen in the
     background.
 
     Usage:
diff --git a/rtv/helpers.py b/rtv/helpers.py
index e666cdc..d8a73c1 100644
--- a/rtv/helpers.py
+++ b/rtv/helpers.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def strip_subreddit_url(permalink):
     """
     Strip a subreddit name from the subreddit's permalink.
 
-    This is used to avoid submission.subreddit.url making a seperate API call.
+    This is used to avoid submission.subreddit.url making a separate API call.
     """
 
     subreddit = permalink.split('/')[4]