diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
index 16291f2a46881b65b11486f840f6547418f0bfd2..bac4afa3b1976500d68361fcc4666a0aec646eee 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ compatible (optional) - standard definition
     - may contain the following strings:
         - shared-dma-pool: This indicates a region of memory meant to be
           used as a shared pool of DMA buffers for a set of devices. It can
-          be used by an operating system to instanciate the necessary pool
+          be used by an operating system to instantiate the necessary pool
           management subsystem if necessary.
         - vendor specific string in the form <vendor>,[<device>-]<usage>
 no-map (optional) - empty property
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index 47ee43bbd6960d4d0d5c9cf5ec5e00f956613c79..614ebb4261f76593bb07f52f2fd0a2db7307d4fe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static void kvmppc_set_msr_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 msr)
 	/*
 	 * When switching from 32 to 64-bit, we may have a stale 32-bit
 	 * magic page around, we need to flush it. Typically 32-bit magic
-	 * page will be instanciated when calling into RTAS. Note: We
+	 * page will be instantiated when calling into RTAS. Note: We
 	 * assume that such transition only happens while in kernel mode,
 	 * ie, we never transition from user 32-bit to kernel 64-bit with
 	 * a 32-bit magic page around.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c
index 126f02b3ffb8271e0cac825e13ecf5146de0afe8..30c2eb7669549a1076b1ce9776c55a8babfc7b21 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  * Virtual mode variants of the hcalls for use on radix/radix
  * with AIL. They require the VCPU's VP to be "pushed"
  *
- * We still instanciate them here because we use some of the
+ * We still instantiate them here because we use some of the
  * generated utility functions as well in this file.
  */
 #define XIVE_RUNTIME_CHECKS
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
index fa89f30e7f27c138c0610777f4d86321be60239e..d4d4118205978df0c36ed67e681aa951d16c7ca7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static void pmac_i2c_devscan(void (*callback)(struct device_node *dev,
 		{ NULL, NULL, 0 },
 	};
 
-	/* Only some devices need to have platform functions instanciated
+	/* Only some devices need to have platform functions instantiated
 	 * here. For now, we have a table. Others, like 9554 i2c GPIOs used
 	 * on Xserve, if we ever do a driver for them, will use their own
 	 * platform function instance
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index e8f5b0551095b45e629d7dd69d7af747ee0aaf32..959a2a62f23329775beba45473e944395005192a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static unsigned int xive_get_irq(void)
 	 * of pending priorities. This will also have the effect of
 	 * updating the CPPR to the most favored pending interrupts.
 	 *
-	 * In the future, if we have a way to differenciate a first
+	 * In the future, if we have a way to differentiate a first
 	 * entry (on HW interrupt) from a replay triggered by EOI,
 	 * we could skip this on replays unless we soft-mask tells us
 	 * that a new HW interrupt occurred.
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
index 4540e892b61d300d9d735c862d8528f258ae81c4..cde891c54cde0dcbc1965fcd7fec6a8f434a9bae 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *              case of external interrupts without need for ack, clamping down
  *              cpu in non-irq context does not reduce irq. for majority of the
  *              cases, clamping down cpu does help reduce irq as well, we should
- *              be able to differenciate the two cases and give a quantitative
+ *              be able to differentiate the two cases and give a quantitative
  *              solution for the irqs that we can control. perhaps based on
  *              get_cpu_iowait_time_us()
  *
diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
index d2688d55c34b364f4bf277f6fdca82527f1c18e0..517d0c3f83dfcf0d97b32b41d755dfcb01192807 100644
--- a/scripts/spelling.txt
+++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ didnt||didn't
 diferent||different
 differrence||difference
 diffrent||different
+differenciate||differentiate
 diffrentiate||differentiate
 difinition||definition
 dimesions||dimensions
@@ -667,6 +668,7 @@ inofficial||unofficial
 inrerface||interface
 insititute||institute
 instal||install
+instanciate||instantiate
 instanciated||instantiated
 inteface||interface
 integreated||integrated
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h
index 8734040d64d379f5ad4849f529e61b31aceb6670..363145716a6d6fed73b6271c9a07fdeab6655125 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ struct sst_block_allocator {
 };
 
 /*
- * Runtime Module Instance - A module object can be instanciated multiple
+ * Runtime Module Instance - A module object can be instantiated multiple
  * times within the DSP FW.
  */
 struct sst_module_runtime {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ enum sst_module_state {
  *
  * Each Firmware file can consist of 1..N modules. A module can span multiple
  * ADSP memory blocks. The simplest FW will be a file with 1 module. A module
- * can be instanciated multiple times in the DSP.
+ * can be instantiated multiple times in the DSP.
  */
 struct sst_module {
 	struct sst_dsp *dsp;