diff --git a/language/variables.xml b/language/variables.xml
index 33226506eb..2e695b35c7 100644
--- a/language/variables.xml
+++ b/language/variables.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.69 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.70 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.variables">
   <title>Variables</title>
   
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['action']) && $_POST['action'] == 'submitted') {
     </informalexample>
     
     <simpara>
-     That will create two seperate cookies although MyCookie will now 
+     That will create two separate cookies although MyCookie will now 
      be a single array in your script.  If you want to set just one cookie 
      with multiple values, consider using <function>serialize</function> or 
      <function>explode</function> on the value first.
diff --git a/reference/http/functions/setcookie.xml b/reference/http/functions/setcookie.xml
index 006eab5202..589370c01d 100644
--- a/reference/http/functions/setcookie.xml
+++ b/reference/http/functions/setcookie.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/http.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.setcookie">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
         Cookies names can be set as array names and will be available to your 
-        PHP scripts as arrays but seperate cookies are stored on the users 
+        PHP scripts as arrays but separate cookies are stored on the users 
         system.  Consider <function>explode</function> or
         <function>serialize</function> to set one cookie with multiple names 
         and values.
diff --git a/reference/xml/functions/xml-parser-create-ns.xml b/reference/xml/functions/xml-parser-create-ns.xml
index 00e849647e..71a1d92fdf 100644
--- a/reference/xml/functions/xml-parser-create-ns.xml
+++ b/reference/xml/functions/xml-parser-create-ns.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/xml.xml, last change in rev 1.24 -->
   <refentry id='function.xml-parser-create-ns'>
    <refnamediv>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <para>
      With a namespace aware parser tag parameters passed to the
      various handler functions will consist of namespace and tag name
-     seperated by the string specified in
+     separated by the string specified in
      <parameter>seperator</parameter> or <literal>':'</literal> by
      default. 
     </para>