GH Actions: add a basic spellcheck CI check + fix some typos #2539
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Follow up on PR 2472 - safeguarding that no new typos get introduced.
Notes:
* The "Typos" tool is known for having a low false positive ratio and being aware of code contexts. However, this also means, it may at times miss some things.
When selecting it, I deemed the low false positive ratio more important.
* The language has been set to `en-US` as that's the language predominantly used for the WordPress documentation.
This does mean that various phrases using `en-GB` spelling will need to be fixed/updated.
Ref: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
Mostly US English vs UK English and as WP Core predominantly uses US English, I think we should standardize on that for this spellcheck as well. Note: where text was copied from the rules on https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/ (typically to the `ruleset.xml` files), the text upstream has been updated via WordPress/wpcs-docs#151.
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GH Actions: add a basic spellcheck CI check
Follow up on PR #2472 - safeguarding that no new typos get introduced.
Notes:
When selecting it, I deemed the low false positive ratio more important.
en-USas that's the language predominantly used for the WordPress documentation.This does mean that various phrases using
en-GBspelling will need to be fixed/updated.Ref: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
Spellcheck: add some exceptions and fix some typos
Mostly US English vs UK English and as WP Core predominantly uses US English, I think we should standardize on that for this spellcheck as well.
Note: where text was copied from the rules on https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/ (typically to the
ruleset.xmlfiles), the text upstream has been updated via WordPress/wpcs-docs#151.