diff --git a/.codespell_ignore b/.codespell_ignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0646561d8512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespell_ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+circularly
+copyable
+pullrequest
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 475206cd3787..aa8f7bda5fd4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.17.1
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
-        args: ['-L', 'circularly,copyable,pullrequest']
+        args: ['-I', '.codespell_ignore']
         exclude: '^src/jekyll/Gemfile.lock$'
   - repo: local
     hooks: