Command-line tool

codespell

brew/codespell

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Fix common misspellings in source code and text files

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install codespell

macOS

brew install codespell
pipx install codespell

Linux

pipx install codespell

Check for typos in all text files in the current directory, recursively

codespell

Correct all typos found in-place

codespell -w

Skip files with names that match the specified pattern (accepts a comma-separated list of patterns using wildcards)

codespell -S "pattern"

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