diff --git a/src/app/composer/qgscomposer.cpp b/src/app/composer/qgscomposer.cpp
index 2ca261a1c0e..be1b2cca565 100644
--- a/src/app/composer/qgscomposer.cpp
+++ b/src/app/composer/qgscomposer.cpp
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ void QgsComposer::changeEvent( QEvent* event )
 #endif
     case QEvent::WindowStateChange:
     {
-      /* Listen out for window un-minimisation and restore composer map states.
+      /* Listen out for window un-minimization and restore composer map states.
        * We can't use showEvent to detect this due to QT Bug 36675 (see #6085).
        */
       QWindowStateChangeEvent* changeEv = static_cast< QWindowStateChangeEvent* >( event );
@@ -3471,7 +3471,7 @@ void QgsComposer::writeXml( QDomNode& parentNode, QDomDocument& doc )
   QDomElement composerElem = doc.createElement( QStringLiteral( "Composer" ) );
   composerElem.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "title" ), mTitle );
 
-  //change preview mode of minimised / hidden maps before saving XML (show contents only on demand)
+  //change preview mode of minimized / hidden maps before saving XML (show contents only on demand)
   QMap< QgsComposerMap*, int >::const_iterator mapIt = mMapsToRestore.constBegin();
   for ( ; mapIt != mMapsToRestore.constEnd(); ++mapIt )
   {
diff --git a/src/app/gps/qgsgpsinformationwidget.cpp b/src/app/gps/qgsgpsinformationwidget.cpp
index 9b168b6188f..da757e6a6a4 100644
--- a/src/app/gps/qgsgpsinformationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/app/gps/qgsgpsinformationwidget.cpp
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ void QgsGPSInformationWidget::displayGPSInformation( const QgsGPSInformation& in
       QgsRectangle myExtentLimit( mpCanvas->extent() );
       myExtentLimit.scale( mSpinMapExtentMultiplier->value() * 0.01 );
 
-      // only change the extents if the point is beyond the current extents to minimise repaints
+      // only change the extents if the point is beyond the current extents to minimize repaints
       if ( radRecenterMap->isChecked() ||
            ( radRecenterWhenNeeded->isChecked() && !myExtentLimit.contains( myPoint ) ) )
       {
diff --git a/src/core/qgscolorramp.cpp b/src/core/qgscolorramp.cpp
index 64d8af1ef57..e912901152c 100644
--- a/src/core/qgscolorramp.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgscolorramp.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ QList<QColor> QgsLimitedRandomColorRamp::randomColors( int count,
   for ( int i = 0; i < count; ++i )
   {
     //increment hue by golden ratio (approx 137.507 degrees)
-    //as this minimises hue nearness as count increases
+    //as this minimizes hue nearness as count increases
     //see http://basecase.org/env/on-rainbows for more details
     currentHueAngle += 137.50776;
     //scale hue to between hueMax and hueMin
diff --git a/src/plugins/evis/eventbrowser/evisgenericeventbrowsergui.cpp b/src/plugins/evis/eventbrowser/evisgenericeventbrowsergui.cpp
index 6ffa28a52cc..5dd15a580f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/evis/eventbrowser/evisgenericeventbrowsergui.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/evis/eventbrowser/evisgenericeventbrowsergui.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void eVisGenericEventBrowserGui::displayImage()
       //keep the extent the same just center the map canvas in the display so our feature is in the middle
       QgsRectangle myRect( myPoint.x() - ( mCanvas->extent().width() / 2 ), myPoint.y() - ( mCanvas->extent().height() / 2 ), myPoint.x() + ( mCanvas->extent().width() / 2 ), myPoint.y() + ( mCanvas->extent().height() / 2 ) );
 
-      // only change the extents if the point is beyond the current extents to minimise repaints
+      // only change the extents if the point is beyond the current extents to minimize repaints
       if ( !mCanvas->extent().contains( myPoint ) )
       {
         mCanvas->setExtent( myRect );
diff --git a/src/ui/qgstextformatwidgetbase.ui b/src/ui/qgstextformatwidgetbase.ui
index fdf25fce3e7..8be60a508d4 100644
--- a/src/ui/qgstextformatwidgetbase.ui
+++ b/src/ui/qgstextformatwidgetbase.ui
@@ -6274,7 +6274,7 @@ font-style: italic;</string>
                             <item>
                              <widget class="QLabel" name="label_14">
                               <property name="text">
-                               <string>Minimise placing labels</string>
+                               <string>Minimize placing labels</string>
                               </property>
                              </widget>
                             </item>