diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dcfdb7209a5b..04f8a02cb980 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,14 @@ repos:
       - id: flake8
         additional_dependencies: [pydocstyle>5.1.0, flake8-docstrings>1.4.0]
         args: ["--docstring-convention=all"]
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        files: ^.*\.(py|c|cpp|h|m|md|rst|yml)$
+        args: [
+          "--ignore-words",
+          "ci/codespell-ignore-words.txt",
+          "--skip",
+          "doc/users/project/credits.rst"
+          ]
diff --git a/ci/codespell-ignore-words.txt b/ci/codespell-ignore-words.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70366f6b3552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/codespell-ignore-words.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+ans
+axises
+ba
+cannotation
+coo
+curvelinear
+flate
+hist
+inout
+ment
+nd
+oly
+sur
+te
+thisy
+whis
+wit
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_cbook.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_cbook.py
index cf2009c5a44a..872e9b9c39d9 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_cbook.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_cbook.py
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def test_func2():
     ('# only comment "with quotes" xx', ''),
 ])
 def test_strip_comment(line, result):
-    """Strip everything from the first unqouted #."""
+    """Strip everything from the first unquoted #."""
     assert cbook._strip_comment(line) == result