* it has too few free inodes left (min_inodes) or
* it has too few free blocks left (min_blocks) or
* it's already running too large debt (max_debt).
- * Parent's group is prefered, if it doesn't satisfy these
+ * Parent's group is preferred, if it doesn't satisfy these
* conditions we search cyclically through the rest. If none
* of the groups look good we just look for a group with more
* free inodes than average (starting at parent's group).