diff --git a/.codespell/exclude-file.txt b/.codespell/exclude-file.txt
index e69de29bb2..9f49d9ae0c 100644
--- a/.codespell/exclude-file.txt
+++ b/.codespell/exclude-file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#define MICROPY_HW_BOARD_NAME "BLOK"
+USB_PRODUCT = "BLOK"
+    uint32_t THI = (*(uint32_t *)FUSES_HOT_TEMP_VAL_INT_ADDR & FUSES_HOT_TEMP_VAL_INT_Msk) >> FUSES_HOT_TEMP_VAL_INT_Pos;
+    float TH = THI + convert_dec_to_frac(THD);
+print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"fo"))
+        # again, neither will "there" or "wither", since they have "the"
+i1Qb$TE"rl
diff --git a/.codespell/ignore-words.txt b/.codespell/ignore-words.txt
index 5a54e22f0d..f2a8dc2be5 100644
--- a/.codespell/ignore-words.txt
+++ b/.codespell/ignore-words.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pris
 synopsys
 reenable
 dout
+inout
 wel
 iput
 hsi
@@ -17,3 +18,5 @@ dum
 deque
 deques
 extint
+shs
+pass-thru
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1695a883b4..f8cc372d0f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: codespell
         #args: [-w]
-        exclude: ^(locale/|lib/)
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)^(
+            locale/|
+            lib/
+          )
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
     -   id: translations
diff --git a/ports/nrf/bluetooth/s140_nrf52_7.0.1/s140_nrf52_7.0.1_API/include/nrf_svc.h b/ports/nrf/bluetooth/s140_nrf52_7.0.1/s140_nrf52_7.0.1_API/include/nrf_svc.h
index 293001eccf..629739ed75 100644
--- a/ports/nrf/bluetooth/s140_nrf52_7.0.1/s140_nrf52_7.0.1_API/include/nrf_svc.h
+++ b/ports/nrf/bluetooth/s140_nrf52_7.0.1/s140_nrf52_7.0.1_API/include/nrf_svc.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /** @brief Supervisor call declaration.
  *
  * A call to a function marked with @ref SVCALL, will trigger a Supervisor Call (SVC) Exception.
- * The SVCs with SVC numbers 0x00-0x0F are forwared to the application. All other SVCs are handled by the SoftDevice.
+ * The SVCs with SVC numbers 0x00-0x0F are forwarded to the application. All other SVCs are handled by the SoftDevice.
  *
  * @param[in] number      The SVC number to be used.
  * @param[in] return_type The return type of the SVC function.
diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk b/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk
index c5de2a439d..21dde6d239 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ CIRCUITPY_ROTARYIO ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_ROTARYIO_SOFTENCODER = 1
 
 # Things that need to be implemented.
-# Use PWM interally
+# Use PWM internally
 CIRCUITPY_FREQUENCYIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_I2CTARGET = 1
 CIRCUITPY_NVM = 1
-# Use PIO interally
+# Use PIO internally
 CIRCUITPY_PULSEIO ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_WATCHDOG ?= 1
 
diff --git a/ports/stm/common-hal/audiobusio/MEMS_Audio_ll_stm32l4.h b/ports/stm/common-hal/audiobusio/MEMS_Audio_ll_stm32l4.h
index ce2c397d47..31a8133b63 100644
--- a/ports/stm/common-hal/audiobusio/MEMS_Audio_ll_stm32l4.h
+++ b/ports/stm/common-hal/audiobusio/MEMS_Audio_ll_stm32l4.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ typedef struct MemsAudio_STM32L4SAIPDM_t {
     pdm_data_available_t pdm_data_available;
 
     /**
-     * @brief A cound of the number of PDM clients in use.
+     * @brief A count of the number of PDM clients in use.
      */
     uint32_t SAI1_client;
 
diff --git a/py/emitbc.c b/py/emitbc.c
index 8f7b1d5b72..80d0bf489b 100644
--- a/py/emitbc.c
+++ b/py/emitbc.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ STATIC void emit_write_bytecode_byte_obj(emit_t *emit, int stack_adj, byte b, mp
     emit_write_bytecode_byte(emit, stack_adj, b);
     emit->bytecode_offset = (size_t)MP_ALIGN(emit->bytecode_offset, sizeof(mp_obj_t));
     mp_obj_t *c = (mp_obj_t *)emit_get_cur_to_write_bytecode(emit, sizeof(mp_obj_t));
-    // Verify thar c is already uint-aligned
+    // Verify that c is already uint-aligned
     assert(c == MP_ALIGN(c, sizeof(mp_obj_t)));
     *c = obj;
     #endif
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ STATIC void emit_write_bytecode_byte_raw_code(emit_t *emit, int stack_adj, byte
     emit_write_bytecode_byte(emit, stack_adj, b);
     emit->bytecode_offset = (size_t)MP_ALIGN(emit->bytecode_offset, sizeof(void *));
     void **c = (void **)emit_get_cur_to_write_bytecode(emit, sizeof(void *));
-    // Verify thar c is already uint-aligned
+    // Verify that c is already uint-aligned
     assert(c == MP_ALIGN(c, sizeof(void *)));
     *c = rc;
     #endif
diff --git a/py/emitnative.c b/py/emitnative.c
index 5946fcd341..7d615d5816 100644
--- a/py/emitnative.c
+++ b/py/emitnative.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ STATIC void emit_access_stack(emit_t *emit, int pos, vtype_kind_t *vtype, int re
 }
 
 // does an efficient X=pop(); discard(); push(X)
-// needs a (non-temp) register in case the poped element was stored in the stack
+// needs a (non-temp) register in case the popped element was stored in the stack
 STATIC void emit_fold_stack_top(emit_t *emit, int reg_dest) {
     stack_info_t *si = &emit->stack_info[emit->stack_size - 2];
     si[0] = si[1];
diff --git a/py/scope.h b/py/scope.h
index 8b05421072..b189260a37 100644
--- a/py/scope.h
+++ b/py/scope.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef struct _id_info_t {
     uint8_t kind;
     uint8_t flags;
     // when it's an ID_INFO_KIND_LOCAL this is the unique number of the local
-    // whet it's an ID_INFO_KIND_CELL/FREE this is the unique number of the closed over variable
+    // when it's an ID_INFO_KIND_CELL/FREE this is the unique number of the closed over variable
     uint16_t local_num;
     qstr qst;
 } id_info_t;
diff --git a/shared-bindings/socketpool/SocketPool.c b/shared-bindings/socketpool/SocketPool.c
index 3023721378..f056c741f3 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/socketpool/SocketPool.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/socketpool/SocketPool.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 //|             returned by :py:attr:`wifi.radio`
 //|         """
 //|         ...
-//|
 STATIC mp_obj_t socketpool_socketpool_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     mp_arg_check_num(n_args, n_kw, 1, 1, false);
 
diff --git a/tests/basics/int_big1.py b/tests/basics/int_big1.py
index 40d16c455b..01d58f7233 100644
--- a/tests/basics/int_big1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/int_big1.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# to test arbitrariy precision integers
+# to test arbitrarily precision integers
 
 x = 1000000000000000000000000000000
 xn = -1000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/tests/basics/with_return.py b/tests/basics/with_return.py
index fd848f1331..6f36d9ad03 100644
--- a/tests/basics/with_return.py
+++ b/tests/basics/with_return.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def f():
                 return (i, j)
 print(f())
 
-# multiple for loops within nested withs
+# multiple for loops within nested with(s)
 def f():
     with CtxMgr(1):
         for i in [1, 2]:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def f():
                             return (i, j, k, l)
 print(f())
 
-# multiple for loops that are optimised, and nested withs
+# multiple for loops that are optimised, and nested with(s)
 def f():
     with CtxMgr(1):
         for i in range(1, 3):
diff --git a/tests/feature_check/README b/tests/feature_check/README
index 3b7b6cba41..0f55e7ece4 100644
--- a/tests/feature_check/README
+++ b/tests/feature_check/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 This directory doesn't contain real tests, but code snippets to detect
-various interpreter features, which can't be/inconvenient to detecte by
+various interpreter features, which can't be/inconvenient to detected by
 other means. Scripts here are executed by run-tests.py at the beginning of
 testsuite to decide what other test groups to run/exclude.
diff --git a/tests/misc/non_compliant.py b/tests/misc/non_compliant.py
index 1c3706ec33..ecd4f10391 100644
--- a/tests/misc/non_compliant.py
+++ b/tests/misc/non_compliant.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ try:
 except NotImplementedError:
     print("NotImplementedError")
 
-# uPy raises TypeError, shold be ValueError
+# uPy raises TypeError, should be ValueError
 try:
     "%c" % b"\x01\x02"
 except (TypeError, ValueError):