diff --git a/src/common/logger.py b/src/common/logger.py
index 108b549db..5b0419588 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.py
+++ b/src/common/logger.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Logger:
     def get_jids_already_in_db(self):
         try:
             self.cur.execute('SELECT jid FROM jids')
-            # list of tupples: [('aaa@bbb',), ('cc@dd',)]
+            # list of tuples: [('aaa@bbb',), ('cc@dd',)]
             rows = self.cur.fetchall()
         except sqlite.DatabaseError:
             raise exceptions.DatabaseMalformed
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ class Logger:
         """
         Accept how many rows to restore and when to time them out (in minutes)
         (mark them as too old) and number of messages that are in queue and are
-        already logged but pending to be viewed, returns a list of tupples
-        containg time, kind, message, sibject list with empty tupple if nothing
+        already logged but pending to be viewed, returns a list of tuples
+        containg time, kind, message, subject list with empty tuple if nothing
         found to meet our demands
         """
         try:
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class Logger:
         # returns time in seconds for the second that starts that date since epoch
         # gimme unixtime from year month day:
         d = datetime.date(year, month, day)
-        local_time = d.timetuple() # time tupple (compat with time.localtime())
+        local_time = d.timetuple() # time tuple (compat with time.localtime())
         # we have time since epoch baby :)
         start_of_day = int(time.mktime(local_time))
         return start_of_day
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ class Logger:
         """
         Return contact_name, time, kind, show, message, subject, additional_data, log_line_id
 
-        For each row in a list of tupples, returns list with empty tupple if we
+        For each row in a list of tuples, returns list with empty tuple if we
         found nothing to meet our demands
         """
         try:
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ class Logger:
         """
         Returns contact_name, time, kind, show, message, subject, log_line_id
 
-        For each row in a list of tupples, returns list with empty tupple if we
+        For each row in a list of tuples, returns list with empty tuple if we
         found nothing to meet our demands
         """
         try:
diff --git a/src/history_manager.py b/src/history_manager.py
index 38feb9144..ae6841821 100644
--- a/src/history_manager.py
+++ b/src/history_manager.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class HistoryManager:
         # get those jids that have at least one entry in logs
         self.cur.execute('SELECT jid, jid_id FROM jids WHERE jid_id IN ('
                 'SELECT distinct logs.jid_id FROM logs) ORDER BY jid')
-        # list of tupples: [('aaa@bbb',), ('cc@dd',)]
+        # list of tuples: [('aaa@bbb',), ('cc@dd',)]
         rows = self.cur.fetchall()
         for row in rows:
             self.jids_already_in.append(row[0])  # jid
diff --git a/src/history_window.py b/src/history_window.py
index 316dc7d23..befafb12a 100644
--- a/src/history_window.py
+++ b/src/history_window.py
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ class HistoryWindow:
         cur_year, cur_month, cur_day = self.calendar.get_date()
         cur_month = gtkgui_helpers.make_gtk_month_python_month(cur_month)
         model = widget.get_model()
-        # make it a tupple (Y, M, D, 0, 0, 0...)
+        # make it a tuple (Y, M, D, 0, 0, 0...)
         tim = time.strptime(model[path][Column.UNIXTIME], '%Y-%m-%d')
         year = tim[0]
         gtk_month = tim[1]
diff --git a/src/message_control.py b/src/message_control.py
index cf0597603..5a6422e2f 100644
--- a/src/message_control.py
+++ b/src/message_control.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class MessageControl(object):
 
         Derivded classes MUST implement this.
         """
-        # Return a markup'd label and optional Gtk.Color in a tupple like:
+        # Return a markup'd label and optional Gtk.Color in a tuple like:
         # return (label_str, None)
         pass
 
diff --git a/src/roster_window.py b/src/roster_window.py
index 0cacfa632..c9c871bdb 100644
--- a/src/roster_window.py
+++ b/src/roster_window.py
@@ -5793,7 +5793,7 @@ class RosterWindow:
         self._iters = {}
         # for merged mode
         self._iters['MERGED'] = {'account': None, 'groups': {}}
-        # holds a list of (jid, account) tupples
+        # holds a list of (jid, account) tuples
         self._last_selected_contact = []
         self.transports_state_images = {'16': {}, '32': {}, 'opened': {},
             'closed': {}}