diff --git a/.codespell/ignore_lines.txt b/.codespell/ignore_lines.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07fa7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespell/ignore_lines.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+;; Please include filenames and explanations for each ignored line.
+;; See https://docs.openverse.org/meta/codespell.html for docs.
diff --git a/.codespell/ignore_words.txt b/.codespell/ignore_words.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9757d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespell/ignore_words.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+;; Please include explanations for each ignored word (lowercase).
+;; See https://docs.openverse.org/meta/codespell.html for docs.
+
+;; abbreviation for "materials" often used in a journal title
+mater
+
+;; alternative use of socioeconomic
+socio-economic
+
+;; Frobenius norm used in np.linalg.norm
+fro
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3070e19..9cf0556 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ repos:
         name: Prevent Commit to Main Branch
         args: ["--branch", "main"]
         stages: [pre-commit]
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.3.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: codespell
+      additional_dependencies:
+        - tomli
diff --git a/news/codespell.rst b/news/codespell.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5ba6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/codespell.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Spelling check via Codespell in pre-commit
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3ba392..dfc0458 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 dependencies = {file = ["requirements/pip.txt"]}
 
+[tool.codespell]
+exclude-file = ".codespell/ignore_lines.txt"
+ignore-words = ".codespell/ignore_words.txt"
+skip = "*.cif"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 115
 include = '\.pyi?$'