diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15fd13f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: codespell
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    branches: [ master, stable* ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, stable* ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 4 * * SUN'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "codespell"
+    steps:
+      - name: "Check out source"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: "Prepare environment"
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -q -y
+          sudo apt-get install -q -y \
+            codespell
+
+      - name: "Run codespell..."
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/codespell.sh
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c94407df..b4b3562c8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ contains a number of improvements for distributors:
   Windows 7 RFX and bitmap updates with multiple rectangles have been deactivated, so adjust shadow to not send such.
 
 Noteworthy changes:
-* Fix ActionScript paramter (#10423)
+* Fix ActionScript parameter (#10423)
 * Support keyboard layouts as JSON resource (#10394)
 * Support timezones as JSON resource and command line argument (#10428 #10393 #10391)
 * Deactivate AsyncUpdate (#10402)
diff --git a/scripts/codespell.ignore b/scripts/codespell.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35bf42c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/codespell.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+nin
+pres
+ptd
+statics
+inout
+ontext
+clen
+usera
+fom
+fle
+parm
+tolen
+psuh
+larg
+varn
+wight
+resizeable
+wan
+bre
+sur
+numer
diff --git a/scripts/codespell.sh b/scripts/codespell.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b7299b4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/codespell.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath "$SCRIPT_PATH")
+
+# ignore the following regular expressions:
+#
+# 1. All words consisting of only 2 characters (too many issues with variable names)
+# 2. Every word of the form 'pEvent', e.g. variable prefixed with p for pointer
+# 3. Every word prefixed by e.g. '\tSome text', e.g. format string escapes
+codespell \
+    -I "$SCRIPT_PATH/codespell.ignore" \
+    -S ".git,*.ai,*.svg,*.rtf,*/assets/de_*,*/res/values-*,*/protocols/xdg*,*/test/*" \
+    --ignore-regex "\b[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]\b|\bp[A-Z].*|\\\\[a-z][a-zA-Z].*" \
+    --count $SCRIPT_PATH/..