diff --git a/src/emu/memory.c b/src/emu/memory.c
index 5cc8c736dd9..4e2ffaf09ea 100644
--- a/src/emu/memory.c
+++ b/src/emu/memory.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ direct_update_func memory_set_direct_update_handler(const address_space *space,
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------
-    memory_set_direct_region - called by deivce
+    memory_set_direct_region - called by device
     cores to update the opcode base for the given
     address
 -------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/src/mame/video/kaneko16.c b/src/mame/video/kaneko16.c
index d6928c9f02e..eab1675c7dd 100644
--- a/src/mame/video/kaneko16.c
+++ b/src/mame/video/kaneko16.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ void kaneko16_draw_sprites(running_machine *machine, bitmap_t *bitmap, const rec
 {
 	/* Sprites *must* be parsed from the first in RAM to the last,
        because of the multisprite feature. But they *must* be drawn
-       from the last in RAM (frontmost) to the firtst in order to
+       from the last in RAM (frontmost) to the first in order to
        cope with priorities using pdrawgfx.
 
        Hence we parse them from first to last and put the result