diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47ccc275b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[codespell]
+ignore-words-list = afile,assertin,atleast,atmost,fo,rel,seh
diff --git a/googlemock/src/gmock-internal-utils.cc b/googlemock/src/gmock-internal-utils.cc
index c4aca2569..c7050070f 100644
--- a/googlemock/src/gmock-internal-utils.cc
+++ b/googlemock/src/gmock-internal-utils.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ GTEST_API_ void Log(LogSeverity severity, const std::string& message,
     // Prints a GMOCK WARNING marker to make the warnings easily searchable.
     std::cout << "\nGMOCK WARNING:";
   }
-  // Pre-pends a new-line to message if it doesn't start with one.
+  // Prepends a new-line to message if it doesn't start with one.
   if (message.empty() || message[0] != '\n') {
     std::cout << "\n";
   }
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
index d1704bb75..11957684b 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ void UniversalTersePrint(const T& value, ::std::ostream* os) {
 // NUL-terminated string.
 template <typename T>
 void UniversalPrint(const T& value, ::std::ostream* os) {
-  // A workarond for the bug in VC++ 7.1 that prevents us from instantiating
+  // A workaround for the bug in VC++ 7.1 that prevents us from instantiating
   // UniversalPrinter with T directly.
   typedef T T1;
   UniversalPrinter<T1>::Print(value, os);
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
index f4a91ee44..3982454b1 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ class GTEST_API_ [[nodiscard]] AssertHelper {
  private:
   // We put our data in a struct so that the size of the AssertHelper class can
   // be as small as possible.  This is important because gcc is incapable of
-  // re-using stack space even for temporary variables, so every EXPECT_EQ
+  // reusing stack space even for temporary variables, so every EXPECT_EQ
   // reserves stack space for another AssertHelper.
   struct AssertHelperData {
     AssertHelperData(TestPartResult::Type t, std::string_view srcfile,
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
index 716779346..16c222c3c 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ class [[nodiscard]] ParameterizedTestSuiteRegistry {
 };
 
 // Keep track of what type-parameterized test suite are defined and
-// where as well as which are intatiated. This allows susequently
+// where as well as which are intatiated. This allows subsequently
 // identifying suits that are defined but never used.
 class [[nodiscard]] TypeParameterizedTestSuiteRegistry {
  public:
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ class [[nodiscard]] TypeParameterizedTestSuiteRegistry {
   // Add an instantiation of a suit.
   void RegisterInstantiation(const char* test_suite_name);
 
-  // For each suit repored as defined but not reported as instantiation,
+  // For each suit reported as defined but not reported as instantiation,
   // emit a test that reports that fact (configurably, as an error).
   void CheckForInstantiations();
 
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
index d34a693e4..5aba6cb07 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ bool RE::PartialMatch(const char* str, const RE& re) {
 void RE::Init(const char* regex) {
   pattern_ = regex;
 
-  // NetBSD (and Android, which takes its regex implemntation from NetBSD) does
+  // NetBSD (and Android, which takes its regex implementation from NetBSD) does
   // not include the GNU regex extensions (such as Perl style character classes
   // like \w) in REG_EXTENDED. REG_EXTENDED is only specified to include the
   // [[:alpha:]] style character classes. Enable REG_GNU wherever it is defined