diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ead154ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[codespell]
+skip = .venv,venvs,.git,build,*.egg-info,*.lock,.asv,.mypy_cache,.tox,fixtures,_version.py,*.pem,versioneer.py
+# ignore-words-list = 
+# exclude-file = 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0bf68a3..a5f29928 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ docs/build
 docs/source/generated
 build/
 dist/
+.idea/
+venvs/
diff --git a/_datalad_buildsupport/formatters.py b/_datalad_buildsupport/formatters.py
index 5ac01de8..a88a99bd 100644
--- a/_datalad_buildsupport/formatters.py
+++ b/_datalad_buildsupport/formatters.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def _mk_title(self, prog):
 
     def _mk_name(self, prog, desc):
         """
-        this method is in consitent with others ... it relies on
+        this method is in consistent with others ... it relies on
         distribution
         """
         desc = desc.splitlines()[0] if desc else 'it is in the name'