diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
index d498e173..2e24d3eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pip install -e '.[docs]'
     - name: Check spelling
-      run: codespell docs/*.rst --ignore-words docs/codespell-ignore-words.txt
+      run: |
+        codespell docs/*.rst --ignore-words docs/codespell-ignore-words.txt
+        codespell datasette -S datasette/static --ignore-words docs/codespell-ignore-words.txt
diff --git a/datasette/hookspecs.py b/datasette/hookspecs.py
index 3ef0d4f5..f31ce538 100644
--- a/datasette/hookspecs.py
+++ b/datasette/hookspecs.py
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ def actor_from_request(datasette, request):
 
 @hookspec
 def permission_allowed(datasette, actor, action, resource):
-    """Check if actor is allowed to perfom this action - return True, False or None"""
+    """Check if actor is allowed to perform this action - return True, False or None"""
 
 
 @hookspec
 def canned_queries(datasette, database, actor):
-    """Return a dictonary of canned query definitions or an awaitable function that returns them"""
+    """Return a dictionary of canned query definitions or an awaitable function that returns them"""
 
 
 @hookspec