codespell: ignore words

20 Jan, 2025 • 64 words • 1 min • updated 03 Jan, 2026

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When using codespell to spell check a git repository, sometimes you may run into false positive words.

There are two ways to whitelist them.

The first one is via command-line arguments:

     shell
     
codespell -L=ist -L=regio

shell

codespell -L=ist,regio

The second one is with a dedicated .ignore-words.txt file:

     shell
     
   
% cat .ignore-words.txt
# keep-sorted start
ist
regio
# keep-sorted end
% codespell -I .ignore-words.txt

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