diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebe6e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[codespell]
+skip = .git,*.pdf,*.svg,.codespellrc
+check-hidden = true
+# ignore-regex = 
+# ignore-words-list =
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ebbf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+name: Codespell
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  codespell:
+    name: Check for spelling errors
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Codespell
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
diff --git a/queries.py b/queries.py
index aa1b8b1..f4f7617 100644
--- a/queries.py
+++ b/queries.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def query_crossref(doi, session, email="m.szczepanik@fz-juelich.de"):
             author["identifiers"] = [
                 {"name": "ORCID", "identifier": orcid},
         ]
-        # TODO: e-mail is required in the catalog shema dshgafhfadasfhdsgjfgasdjfgasdj!!!
+        # TODO: e-mail is required in the catalog schema dshgafhfadasfhdsgjfgasdjfgasdj!!!
         authors.append(author)
 
     pub["authors"] = authors
diff --git a/status2tabby.py b/status2tabby.py
index 86f884d..1f1a16a 100644
--- a/status2tabby.py
+++ b/status2tabby.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 def transform_result(res):
     """Transform status result to get required information
 
-    Transformed result contais relative path, size in bytes, and
+    Transformed result contains relative path, size in bytes, and
     optionally md5sum. Keys match the sfb1451 tabby specification.
 
     """