diff --git a/ignore-words.txt b/ignore-words.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ac17d57f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ignore-words.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+crate
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7cd36fbbf..eadd01903 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ deps =
   codespell
 
 commands =
-  codespell
+  codespell --ignore-words=ignore-words.txt .
 
 [testenv:lint]
 basepython: python3