diff --git a/dune/common/dynmatrixev.cc b/dune/common/dynmatrixev.cc
index 1a6eed61ba765cf9548066b455dafbcc402dd203..dd9df89290b4665ed78f23bfb290f1af2b8ad592 100644
--- a/dune/common/dynmatrixev.cc
+++ b/dune/common/dynmatrixev.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #if HAVE_LAPACK
 
-// nonsymetric matrices
+// nonsymmetric matrices
 #define DGEEV_FORTRAN FC_FUNC (dgeev, DGEEV)
 
 // dsyev declaration (in liblapack)
diff --git a/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh b/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh
index 60026a7f3f460a9dab215045a8d6a053b7990e71..ae8412230867a1601038f60a4f7f62e7b7634b90 100644
--- a/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh
+++ b/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Dune {
       const long int* ldvl, double* vr, const long int* ldvr, double* work,
       const long int* lwork, const long int* info);
 
-    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
+    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symmetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
         \param[out] eigenValues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order
diff --git a/dune/common/fmatrixev.cc b/dune/common/fmatrixev.cc
index d720d509caa8a6b43247e6bb30c7a47e2d8903a8..664a2ae059bda5b30e4b0e75fea2eac97ae9542d 100644
--- a/dune/common/fmatrixev.cc
+++ b/dune/common/fmatrixev.cc
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 
 #if HAVE_LAPACK
 
-// symetric matrices
+// symmetric matrices
 #define DSYEV_FORTRAN FC_FUNC (dsyev, DSYEV)
 
-// nonsymetric matrices
+// nonsymmetric matrices
 #define DGEEV_FORTRAN FC_FUNC (dgeev, DGEEV)
 
 // dsyev declaration (in liblapack)
diff --git a/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh b/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh
index 6ea9cf1a10ed68cac909ae2fe0a9b4dd78ae0aa9..e2d616cd30393fbc05c56cdec1832704887001e1 100644
--- a/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh
+++ b/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Dune {
       const long int* ldvl, double* vr, const long int* ldvr, double* work,
       const long int* lwork, const long int* info);
 
-    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
+    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symmetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
         \param[out] eigenvalues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Dune {
       eigenvalues[0] = matrix[0][0];
     }
 
-    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
+    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symmetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
         \param[out] eigenvalues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ namespace Dune {
       eigenvalues[1] = p + q;
     }
 
-    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
+    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symmetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
         \param[out] eigenvalues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order
 
-        \note LAPACK::dsyev is used to calculate the eigen values
+        \note LAPACK::dsyev is used to calculate the eigenvalues
      */
     template <int dim, typename K>
     static void eigenValues(const FieldMatrix<K, dim, dim>& matrix,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace Dune {
         }
       }
     }
-    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
+    /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symmetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
         \param[out] eigenValues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order