diff --git a/.github/linters/codespell.txt b/.github/linters/codespell.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5bf566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/codespell.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abov
+ot
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f6835f7..8015330 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ repos:
         name: run trailing-whitespace
         description: trims trailing whitespace
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: 2ccb47ff45ad361a21071a7eedda4c37e6ae8c5a # frozen: v2.4.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        name: run codespell
+        description: Check spelling with codespell
+        args: [--ignore-words=.github/linters/codespell.txt]
+        exclude: \.svg$|^spatialbench/src/dists\.dss$|^spatialbench/src/q_and_a/answers_sf1\.rs$
   - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
     rev: 83d9cd684c87d95d656c1458ef04895a7f1cbd8e # frozen: v8.30.1
     hooks: