diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix
index 4d9197c8fd44..92d173807f90 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zscroll/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  propogatedBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A text scroller for use with panels and shells";
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index a34690853fcd..3134aa0eeba3 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ rec {
       llvmPackages.llvm
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Cocoa;
 
-    propogatedBuildInputs = [
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [
       rustracerd
     ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/youcompleteme b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/youcompleteme
index a27b1f053a29..eb7f6bedf497 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/youcompleteme
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/youcompleteme
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       llvmPackages.llvm
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Cocoa;
 
-    propogatedBuildInputs = [
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [
       rustracerd
     ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xflux/gui.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xflux/gui.nix
index b78eb910f938..0cf30942e739 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xflux/gui.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xflux/gui.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # remove messing with shipped binary
   patches = [ ./setup.patch ];
 
-  # not sure if these need to be propogated or not?
+  # not sure if these need to be propagated or not?
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pexpect
     pyGtkGlade
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wicd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wicd/default.nix
index 9294d4c88ae7..9315a53cb3ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wicd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wicd/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./fix-curses.patch
     ];
 
-  # Should I be using pygtk's propogated build inputs?
+  # Should I be using pygtk's propagated build inputs?
   # !!! Should use makeWrapper.
   postPatch = ''
     # We don't have "python2".