diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed87b1df14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Codespell
+on:
+  push:  
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+jobs:
+  spellcheck:
+    name: Spell Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: Set up Python 🐍
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Install codespell
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install codespell
+    - name: Check spelling
+      run: codespell --skip=.git,./scripts,MAINTAINERS,LICENSE,go.mod,go.sum --check-filenames --ignore-words-list=ba
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/secretsencrypt/config.go b/pkg/secretsencrypt/config.go
index 775c292230..2fa31e47f0 100644
--- a/pkg/secretsencrypt/config.go
+++ b/pkg/secretsencrypt/config.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func GenEncryptionConfigHash(runtime *config.ControlRuntime) (string, error) {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(encryptionConfigHash[:]), nil
 }
 
-// GenReencryptHash generates a sha256 hash fom the existing secrets keys and
+// GenReencryptHash generates a sha256 hash from the existing secrets keys and
 // a new key based on the input arguments.
 func GenReencryptHash(runtime *config.ControlRuntime, keyName string) (string, error) {
 
diff --git a/scripts/codespell.sh b/scripts/codespell.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 34576c311f..0000000000
--- a/scripts/codespell.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Ignore vendor folder and check file names as well
-# Note: ignore "ba" in https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/blob/4317a91/scripts/provision/vagrant#L54
-codespell --skip=.git,./vendor,MAINTAINERS,go.mod,go.sum --check-filenames --ignore-words-list=ba
-
-code=$?
-if [ $code -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Error: codespell found one or more problems!"
-  exit $code
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/test b/scripts/test
index f7d49ff51b..6b5bc19881 100755
--- a/scripts/test
+++ b/scripts/test
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 set -e -x
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
-. ./scripts/codespell.sh
 . ./scripts/version.sh
 . ./scripts/test-helpers
 
diff --git a/tests/TESTING.md b/tests/TESTING.md
index 44ed70cf3d..a0239d5b0e 100644
--- a/tests/TESTING.md
+++ b/tests/TESTING.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ___
 
 ## Integration Tests
 
-Integration tests should be used to test a specific functionality of k3s that exists across multiple Go packages, either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI comands.
+Integration tests should be used to test a specific functionality of k3s that exists across multiple Go packages, either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI commands.
 Integration tests should be used for "black box" testing. 
 
 See [integration/README.md](./integration/README.md) for more info.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testutils.go b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
index 2980ecc343..89b517602f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testutils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func CreateCluster(nodeOS string, serverCount, agentCount int) ([]string, []stri
 
 // CreateLocalCluster creates a cluster using the locally built k3s binary. The vagrant-scp plugin must be installed for
 // this function to work. The binary is deployed as an airgapped install of k3s on the VMs.
-// This is intended only for local testing puposes when writing a new E2E test.
+// This is intended only for local testing purposes when writing a new E2E test.
 func CreateLocalCluster(nodeOS string, serverCount, agentCount int) ([]string, []string, error) {
 
 	serverNodeNames, agentNodeNames, nodeEnvs := genNodeEnvs(nodeOS, serverCount, agentCount)
diff --git a/tests/integration/README.md b/tests/integration/README.md
index 54d89a0a02..d5c8051663 100644
--- a/tests/integration/README.md
+++ b/tests/integration/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Integration Tests
 
-Integration tests should be used to test a specific functionality of k3s that exists across multiple Go packages, either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI comands.
+Integration tests should be used to test a specific functionality of k3s that exists across multiple Go packages, either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI commands.
 Integration tests should be used for "black box" testing. 
 
 ## Framework