diff --git a/.github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt b/.github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt
index 4d5972c8c9..c61bc609ce 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt
+++ b/.github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ba
 bu
 clen
 CNA
-ede
+# drop when deleting winbuild
 fo
 htpt
 inout
diff --git a/.github/scripts/codespell.sh b/.github/scripts/codespell.sh
index c4adf58cee..a81bc77c9c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/codespell.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/codespell.sh
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ codespell \
   --skip '*/tool_hugehelp.c' \
   --skip 'packages/*' \
   --skip '*/test*' \
+  --ignore-regex '.*spellchecker: disable' \
   --ignore-words '.github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt' \
   $(git ls-files)
diff --git a/lib/vtls/cipher_suite.c b/lib/vtls/cipher_suite.c
index cefc92c580..849cb3afe9 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/cipher_suite.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/cipher_suite.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static const char *cs_txt =
   "ECDH" "\0"
   "ECDHE" "\0"
   "ECDSA" "\0"
-  "EDE" "\0"
+  "EDE" "\0" /* spellchecker: disable */
   "GCM" "\0"
   "MD5" "\0"
   "NULL" "\0"
diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib557.c b/tests/libtest/lib557.c
index 4d3dede6ca..bfd6ab3be3 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib557.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib557.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ static int test_string_formatting(void)
   errors += string_check(buf, "09foo");
 
   curl_msnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%*.*s", 5, 2, "foo");
-  errors += string_check(buf, "   fo");
+  errors += string_check(buf, "   fo"); /* spellchecker: disable */
 
   curl_msnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%*.*s", 2, 5, "foo");
   errors += string_check(buf, "foo");