diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0526da40..9b54aadb 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ repos:
   - id: end-of-file-fixer
   - id: check-toml
 
+- repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
+  rev: v1.26.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: typos
+
 - repo: https://github.com/neutrinoceros/inifix.git
   rev: v4.5.0
   hooks:
diff --git a/_typos.toml b/_typos.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ffec212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_typos.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[default.extend-words]
+PERIODICY = "PERIODICY" # reads "periodic Y"
diff --git a/nonos/_readers/binary.py b/nonos/_readers/binary.py
index e2949d2d..9ea3258c 100644
--- a/nonos/_readers/binary.py
+++ b/nonos/_readers/binary.py
@@ -557,11 +557,11 @@ def read(
         if geometry_str == "cylindrical":
             V["geometry"] = Geometry.POLAR
             V["x2"] = domain_x  # Y-Edge
-            V["x3"] = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitute
+            V["x3"] = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitude
             pairs = [("RHO", "dens"), ("VX1", "vy"), ("VX2", "vx"), ("VX3", "vz")]
         elif geometry_str == "spherical":
             V["geometry"] = Geometry.SPHERICAL
-            V["x2"] = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitute
+            V["x2"] = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitude
             V["x3"] = domain_x  # Y-Edge
             pairs = [("RHO", "dens"), ("VX1", "vy"), ("VX2", "vz"), ("VX3", "vx")]
         else:
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ def read(
 
         V["x1"] = domain_y  # X-Edge
         V["x2"] = domain_x  # Y-Edge
-        V["x3"] = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitute
+        V["x3"] = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitude
 
         n1 = len(V["x1"]) - 1
         n2 = len(V["x2"]) - 1
diff --git a/nonos/api/from_simulation.py b/nonos/api/from_simulation.py
index 0b930190..70f7e482 100644
--- a/nonos/api/from_simulation.py
+++ b/nonos/api/from_simulation.py
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ def fargoAdsgReadDat(self, on, *, directory="") -> DataStructure:
 
         V.x1 = domain_y  # X-Edge
         V.x2 = domain_x  # Y-Edge
-        V.x3 = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitute
+        V.x3 = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitude
 
         V.n1 = len(V.x1) - 1  # if len(V.x1)>2 else 2
         V.n2 = len(V.x2) - 1  # if len(V.x2)>2 else 2
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ def __init__(self, *, COORDINATES, **_kwargs) -> None:
             V.geometry = "polar"
             V.x1 = domain_y  # X-Edge
             V.x2 = domain_x  # Y-Edge
-            V.x3 = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitute
+            V.x3 = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitude
 
             V.n1 = len(V.x1) - 1  # if len(V.x1)>2 else 2
             V.n2 = len(V.x2) - 1  # if len(V.x2)>2 else 2
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ def __init__(self, *, COORDINATES, **_kwargs) -> None:
                 V.data[key] = np.roll(V.data[key], V.n2 // 2, axis=1)
         elif V.geometry == "spherical":
             V.x1 = domain_y  # X-Edge
-            V.x2 = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitute
+            V.x2 = domain_z  # Z-Edge #latitude
             V.x3 = domain_x  # Y-Edge
 
             V.n1 = len(V.x1) - 1  # if len(V.x1)>2 else 2
diff --git a/nonos/parsing.py b/nonos/parsing.py
index 4c84ae28..aea44921 100644
--- a/nonos/parsing.py
+++ b/nonos/parsing.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def userval_or_default(userval: T1, /, *, default: T2) -> Union[T1, T2]:
     # it'd be nice to avoid a Union as a return type, however it's not clear
     # how to express what this function does in typing language.
     # In practice this is used in places where it's very hard to constrain T1, so
-    # the infered return type always degrades down to Any anyway.
+    # the inferred return type always degrades down to Any anyway.
     if is_set(userval):
         return userval
     else:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def range_converter(extent, abscissa, ordinate):
             _ if (_ := extent[1]) is not None else abscissa.max(),
         )
     else:
-        raise TypeError(f"Expected extent to be of lenght 2 or 4, got {len(extent)=}")
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected extent to be of length 2 or 4, got {len(extent)=}")
 
 
 def parse_image_format(s: Optional[str]) -> str:
@@ -113,6 +113,6 @@ def parse_image_format(s: Optional[str]) -> str:
     ):
         raise ValueError(
             f"Received unknown file format '{s}'. "
-            f"Available formated are {available}."
+            f"Available formatted are {available}."
         )
     return ext
diff --git a/nonos/styling.py b/nonos/styling.py
index 54058b15..82cd1af8 100644
--- a/nonos/styling.py
+++ b/nonos/styling.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def scale_mpl(scaling: float) -> None:
     context_dict = {k: v * scaling for k, v in base_context.items()}
 
     # the reason why the scaling are separated comes
-    # from seaborn where the font sizes are controled
+    # from seaborn where the font sizes are controlled
     # by an independent factor, so I'm keeping the structure
     # in case we want to do that as well later
     font_dict = {k: context_dict[k] * scaling for k in texts_base_context}
diff --git a/tests/test_interfaces/test_contracts.py b/tests/test_interfaces/test_contracts.py
index 81e7c5b1..45dc0902 100644
--- a/tests/test_interfaces/test_contracts.py
+++ b/tests/test_interfaces/test_contracts.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def test_use_reader_mixin(reader_class):
     assert issubclass(reader_class, ReaderMixin)
 
 
-def test_cannot_instanciate(reader_class):
+def test_cannot_instantiate(reader_class):
     cls = reader_class
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=rf"^{cls} is not instantiable$"):
         cls()
diff --git a/tests/test_parsing.py b/tests/test_parsing.py
index e1a08b5e..591dac8f 100644
--- a/tests/test_parsing.py
+++ b/tests/test_parsing.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def test_from_maxval():
     assert parse_output_number_range(None, maxval=maxval) == [maxval]
 
 
-def test_unparseable_data():
+def test_unparsable_data():
     with pytest.raises(
         ValueError, match="Can't parse a range from unset values without a max."
     ):
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def test_parse_range(abscissa, ordinate, dim, expected):
 def test_range_converter_error():
     with pytest.raises(
         TypeError,
-        match="Expected extent to be of lenght 2 or 4,",
+        match="Expected extent to be of length 2 or 4,",
     ):
         range_converter(extent=[], abscissa=None, ordinate=None)
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def test_invalid_image_format():
     fake_ext = ".pnd"
     with pytest.raises(
         ValueError,
-        match=f"^(Received unknown file format '{fake_ext}'. Available formated are)",
+        match=f"^(Received unknown file format '{fake_ext}'. Available formatted are)",
     ):
         parse_image_format(fake_ext)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_readme.py b/tests/test_readme.py
index ead11353..078c5f03 100644
--- a/tests/test_readme.py
+++ b/tests/test_readme.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 )
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     sys.platform.startswith("win"),
-    reason="Windows runner may choke on some special chararcters",
+    reason="Windows runner may choke on some special characters",
 )
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     sys.version_info < (3, 10),