diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ffc6e0b..9f9dd86 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -47,13 +47,38 @@ repos:
         args:
           - -c
           - |
+            FILE="spellcheck.dic"
+
+            # Verify the first line is an integer.
+            first_line=$(head -n 1 "$FILE")
+            if ! [[ "$first_line" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+              echo "Error: The first line of $FILE must be an integer, but got: '$first_line'"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            expected_count="$first_line"
+
+            # Verify the last line is completely empty (no spaces).
+            last_line=$(tail -n 1 "$FILE")
+            if [ -n "$last_line" ]; then
+              echo "Error: The last line of $FILE must be empty (without spaces)."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
+            # Check that the number of lines between the first and last matches the integer.
+            # xargs (with no arguments) will strip leading/trailing whitespace from wc's output.
+            actual_count=$(sed '1d;$d' "$FILE" | wc -l | xargs)
+            if [ "$expected_count" -ne "$actual_count" ]; then
+              echo "Error: The number of lines between the first and last ($actual_count) does not match $expected_count."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
             (
               # Remove the first and last lines
-              sed '1d; $d' spellcheck.dic | LC_ALL=C sort -uc
+              sed '1d; $d' $FILE | LC_ALL=C sort -uc
             ) || {
               echo "Dictionary is not in sorted order. Correct order is:"
               # Show the correct order
-              LC_ALL=C sort -u <(sed '1d; $d' spellcheck.dic)
+              LC_ALL=C sort -u <(sed '1d; $d' $FILE)
               false
             }
         pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/spellcheck.dic b/spellcheck.dic
index b641390..3ffa409 100644
--- a/spellcheck.dic
+++ b/spellcheck.dic
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-298
+301
 &
 +
 0o777
@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ waker
 wakers
 wakeup
 wakeups
+workstealing
 ~
 ~12
 ~4
 ±1m
 ±1ms
 —
-workstealing
+
diff --git a/utilities/init.sh b/utilities/init.sh
index e2dc2b0..bcbb32c 100644
--- a/utilities/init.sh
+++ b/utilities/init.sh
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ mv cargo-spellcheck-v0.14.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu cargo-spellcheck
 
 # install commitlint
 apt install -y nodejs npm
-npm install --save-dev @commitlint/{cli,config-conventional}
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+npm install --save-dev @commitlint/{cli,config-conventional}
+npm install --save-dev husky
+prefligit install # BEFORE npx husky init
+npx husky init
+echo "npx --no -- commitlint --edit \$1" > .husky/commit-msg
+mv .git/hooks/pre-commit .husky/pre-commit
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