diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2c95cf3dcb..bf4dd2dbfb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 PYTHON := $(shell command -v python || command -v python3 || echo python)
 PIP := $(PYTHON) -m pip
 
-.PHONY: check checkinstall checkupdate install
+.PHONY: check checkinstall checkupdate createwordlist install
 
 check: checkinstall
 	@echo "Running pre-commit checks..."
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ checkupdate:
 	@echo "Updating pre-commit hooks..."
 	pre-commit autoupdate
 
+createwordlist: install
+	@echo "Regenerating the ignored words list codespell.txt"
+	codespell --skip='./extras' | cut -f2 -d' ' | tr A-Z a-z | sort | uniq > .github/linters/codespell.txt
+
 install:
 	@echo "Installing dependencies..."
 	@if [ -f requirements-dev.txt ]; then \
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 416634f528..72c7776316 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+codespell
 pre-commit