diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cd4cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[codespell]
+# Ref: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell#using-a-config-file
+skip = .git*,.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..c59e047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Codespell configuration is within .codespellrc
+---
+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@v4
+      - name: Annotate locations with typos
+        uses: codespell-project/codespell-problem-matcher@v1
+      - name: Codespell
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 900202f..2969816 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ upon setup.
 ├── MANIFEST.in                     <- Packaging information for pip
 ├── README.md                       <- Description of project which GitHub will render
 ├── {{repo_name}}                   <- Basic Python Package import file
-│   ├── {{first_module_name}}.py    <- Starting packge module
+│   ├── {{first_module_name}}.py    <- Starting package module
 │   ├── __init__.py                 <- Basic Python Package import file
-│   ├── _version.py                 <- Generated file from VersionInGit. Created on package install, not initilization.
+│   ├── _version.py                 <- Generated file from VersionInGit. Created on package install, not initialization.
 │   ├── data                        <- Sample additional data (non-code) which can be packaged. Just an example, delete in production
 │   │   ├── README.md
 │   │   └── look_and_say.dat
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ upon setup.
 │   ├── getting_started.rst
 │   ├── index.rst
 │   ├── make.bat
-│   └── requirements.yaml           <- Documenation building specific requirements. Usually a smaller set than the main program
+│   └── requirements.yaml           <- Documentation building specific requirements. Usually a smaller set than the main program
 ├── pyproject.toml                  <- Generic Python build system configuration (PEP-517).
 ├── readthedocs.yml
 ├── setup.cfg                       <- Near-master config file to make house INI-like settings for Coverage, Flake8, YAPF, etc.
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index e01c6cd..5cafd9a 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 def decode_string(string):
-    """Helper function to covert byte-string to string, but allows normal strings"""
+    """Helper function to convert byte-string to string, but allows normal strings"""
     try:
         return string.decode()
     except AttributeError:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py
index ab70317..7a58a3f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 
-# Incase the project was not installed
+# In case the project was not installed
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))