diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.json b/.vscode/cspell.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1493d63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.1",
+  "language": "en",
+  "languageId": "cpp",
+  "dictionaries": ["powershell"],
+  "ignorePaths": ["vcpkg/**/*", "*.exe", "*.a", "*.lib"],
+  "words": [
+    "azsdk",
+    "cmake",
+    "CMOCKA",
+    "Cobertura",
+    "ctest",
+    "moxygen",
+    "pwsh",
+    "vcpkg"
+  ],
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "filename": "**/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml",
+      "words": ["DRUN", "DCMAKE", "gcovr", "lcov", "iname", "gtest"]
+    }
+  ],
+  "allowCompoundWords": true
+}
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml
index 02519cef8..011923c48 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ jobs:
       VcpkgDependencies: curl[winssl] libxml2
       VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET: 'x64-windows-static'
     steps:
+      - template: /eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/check-spelling.yml
+
       - template: /eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
         parameters:
           Directory: ''