diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fae428f4..c6077925 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ repos:
               language: system
               pass_filenames: false
               verbose: true
+      - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+        rev: v2.2.2
+        hooks:
+            - id: codespell
+              additional_dependencies: [tomli]
+              args: ["--toml", "python/pyproject.toml"]
+              exclude: |
+                (?x)^(
+                  .*test.*|
+                  ^CHANGELOG.md$
+                )
 
 default_language_version:
       python: python3
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index f36ad1c4..6dc651e6 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -100,3 +100,6 @@ cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
 ninja.make-fallback = true
 sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["ucxx"]
+
+[tool.codespell]
+ignore-words-list = "cancelation,inflight"