diff --git a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
index 9a22773e5..62174620f 100755
--- a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-travis_retry pip install codespell==1.13.0
+travis_retry pip install codespell==1.15.0
 travis_retry pip install flake8==3.5.0
 travis_retry pip install vulture==0.29
 
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/README.md b/contrib/devtools/README.md
index 0c8c39650..4994d7f0a 100644
--- a/contrib/devtools/README.md
+++ b/contrib/devtools/README.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Then do:
 Create and verify timestamps of merge commits
 ---------------------------------------------
 To create or verify timestamps on the merge commits, install the OpenTimestamps
-client via `pip3 install opentimestamps-client`. Then, dowload the gpg wrapper
+client via `pip3 install opentimestamps-client`. Then, download the gpg wrapper
 `ots-git-gpg-wrapper.sh` and set it as git's `gpg.program`. See
 [the ots git integration documentation](https://github.com/opentimestamps/opentimestamps-client/blob/master/doc/git-integration.md#usage)
 for further details.
diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
index 45e55b7c4..f4fc55427 100644
--- a/doc/developer-notes.md
+++ b/doc/developer-notes.md
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ thread](https://askubuntu.com/questions/50145/how-to-install-perf-monitoring-too
 for specific instructions.
 
 Certain kernel parameters may need to be set for perf to be able to inspect the
-running process' stack.
+running process's stack.
 
 ```sh
 $ sudo sysctl -w kernel.perf_event_paranoid=-1
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md
index cf74a1797..bc0d5ea3b 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ minimum relay feerate. The initial minimum relay feerate is set to
 Bitcoin Core 0.12 also introduces new default policy limits on the length and
 size of unconfirmed transaction chains that are allowed in the mempool
 (generally limiting the length of unconfirmed chains to 25 transactions, with a
-total size of 101 KB).  These limits can be overriden using command line
+total size of 101 KB).  These limits can be overridden using command line
 arguments; see the extended help (`--help -help-debug`) for more information.
 
 Opt-in Replace-by-fee transactions
diff --git a/src/netaddress.cpp b/src/netaddress.cpp
index db6c46d12..4fbfa2b5c 100644
--- a/src/netaddress.cpp
+++ b/src/netaddress.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ bool CNetAddr::IsLocal() const
  *          be used to refer to an actual host.
  *
  * @note A valid address may or may not be publicly routable on the global
- *       internet. As in, the set of valid addreses is a superset of the set of
+ *       internet. As in, the set of valid addresses is a superset of the set of
  *       publicly routable addresses.
  *
  * @see CNetAddr::IsRoutable()
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ bool CNetAddr::IsValid() const
  * @returns Whether or not this network address is publicly routable on the
  *          global internet.
  *
- * @note A routable address is always valid. As in, the set of routable addreses
+ * @note A routable address is always valid. As in, the set of routable addresses
  *       is a subset of the set of valid addresses.
  *
  * @see CNetAddr::IsValid()
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp
index 7e93a746c..5d538606c 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<double> txCtAvg;
 
     // Count the total # of txs confirmed within Y blocks in each bucket
-    // Track the historical moving average of theses totals over blocks
+    // Track the historical moving average of these totals over blocks
     std::vector<std::vector<double>> confAvg; // confAvg[Y][X]
 
     // Track moving avg of txs which have been evicted from the mempool
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 0b760439c..cabab78dc 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 /** High fee for sendrawtransaction and testmempoolaccept.
  * By default, transaction with a fee higher than this will be rejected by the
- * RPCs. This can be overriden with the maxfeerate argument.
+ * RPCs. This can be overridden with the maxfeerate argument.
  */
 constexpr static CAmount DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE{COIN / 10};
 
diff --git a/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp b/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
index 35911e507..4e2acca4c 100644
--- a/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(poly1305_testvector)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(hkdf_hmac_sha256_l32_tests)
 {
-    // Use rfc5869 test vectors but trucated to 32 bytes (our implementation only support length 32)
+    // Use rfc5869 test vectors but truncated to 32 bytes (our implementation only support length 32)
     TestHKDF_SHA256_32(
                 /* IKM */ "0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b",
                 /* salt */ "000102030405060708090a0b0c",
diff --git a/src/torcontrol.cpp b/src/torcontrol.cpp
index 550e23b22..84f54da51 100644
--- a/src/torcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/torcontrol.cpp
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ public:
     TorController(struct event_base* base, const std::string& target);
     ~TorController();
 
-    /** Get name fo file to store private key in */
+    /** Get name of file to store private key in */
     fs::path GetPrivateKeyFile();
 
     /** Reconnect, after getting disconnected */
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-spelling.ignore-words.txt b/test/lint/lint-spelling.ignore-words.txt
index f0415443d..a25de2435 100644
--- a/test/lint/lint-spelling.ignore-words.txt
+++ b/test/lint/lint-spelling.ignore-words.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@ mut
 objext
 unselect
 useable
+wit
+unparseable
+copyable
+cachable
+errorstring
+keyserver
+homogenous