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Prose spell check

Dictionary check over docs and comments with a project word list.

How to build it

Run codespell over docs and comments in the repository.
Keep domain words in a project word list such as cspell.json words or a .codespellrc ignore-words-list.
Run the check in pre-commit and in CI on every pull request.

Signals in a repository

A .codespellrc or cspell.json file listing project words.
A codespell or cspell hook in .pre-commit-config.yaml.

In practice

22 repositories run a tool for this check in the scanned set.

codespell · 22 repos

Examples

TheAlgorithms/Python · codespell
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pre-commit hook codespell
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langflow-ai/langflow · codespell
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codespell --toml pyproject.toml
```
home-assistant/core · codespell
```
pre-commit hook codespell
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pallets/flask · codespell
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pre-commit hook codespell
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browser-use/browser-use · codespell
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pre-commit hook codespell
```