diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 42cac6338..094d1be03 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -244,3 +244,11 @@ live-docs:
 build-docs:
 	@docker build --pull -t ingress-nginx/mkdocs build/mkdocs
 	@docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/docs ingress-nginx/mkdocs build
+
+.PHONY: misspell
+misspell:
+	@go get github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
+	misspell \
+		-locale US \
+		-error \
+		cmd/* internal/* deploy/* docs/* design/* test/* README.md
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
index 75e96b760..24549f286 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ This annotation allows to return a permanent redirect instead of sending data to
 
 ### Permanent Redirect Code
 
-This annotation allows you to modify the status code used for permanent redirects.  For example `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect-code: '308'` would return your permanet-redirect with a 308.
+This annotation allows you to modify the status code used for permanent redirects.  For example `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect-code: '308'` would return your permanent-redirect with a 308.
 
 ### SSL Passthrough
 
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
index d592f594a..979031c9a 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Enables or disables the [PROXY protocol](https://www.nginx.com/resources/admin-g
 
 ## proxy-protocol-header-timeout
 
-Sets the timeout value for receiving the proxy-protocol headers. The default of 5 seconds prevents the TLS passthrough handler from waiting indefinetly on a dropped connection.
+Sets the timeout value for receiving the proxy-protocol headers. The default of 5 seconds prevents the TLS passthrough handler from waiting indefinitely on a dropped connection.
 _**default:**_ 5s
 
 ## use-gzip
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/modsecurity.md b/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/modsecurity.md
index 608dbca32..25265d96a 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/modsecurity.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/modsecurity.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The [ModSecurity-nginx](https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity-nginx) connect
 The default ModSecurity configuration file is located in `/etc/nginx/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf`. This is the only file located in this directory and contains the default recommended configuration. Using a volume we can replace this file with the desired configuration.
 To enable the ModSecurity feature we need to specify `enable-modsecurity: "true"` in the configuration configmap.
 
->__Note:__ the default configuration use detection only, because that minimises the chances of post-installation disruption.
+>__Note:__ the default configuration use detection only, because that minimizes the chances of post-installation disruption.
 The file `/var/log/modsec_audit.log` contains the log of ModSecurity.
 
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go b/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go
index a0a6a6fac..e92fc3536 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func New(checkOCSP bool,
 		Component: "nginx-ingress-controller",
 	})
 
-	// k8sStore fulfils resolver.Resolver interface
+	// k8sStore fulfills resolver.Resolver interface
 	store.annotations = annotations.NewAnnotationExtractor(store)
 
 	store.listers.IngressAnnotation.Store = cache.NewStore(cache.DeletionHandlingMetaNamespaceKeyFunc)