diff --git a/.github/workflows/misspell.yml b/.github/workflows/misspell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49bd95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/misspell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: misspell
+on: push
+
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: mbed-edge-misspell-'${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  static-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Run misspell (findings may not increase)
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+            curl -L -o ./install-misspell.sh https://git.io/misspell
+            sh ./install-misspell.sh
+            bin/misspell -i mosquitto .
diff --git a/git_details.cmake b/git_details.cmake
index ebbe2b6..38c2ae1 100644
--- a/git_details.cmake
+++ b/git_details.cmake
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function(SET_EDGE_EXAMPLES_VERSION_VARIABLES)
         message("Setting dummy values to versioning variables.")
         set(RELEASE_VERSION "unknown-release" CACHE INTERNAL "Edge Examples release version")
         set(GIT_BRANCH "branchless" CACHE INTERNAL "Edge Examples Git branch")
-        set(GIT_COMMIT "uncommited" CACHE INTERNAL "Edge Examples Git commit")
+        set(GIT_COMMIT "uncommitted" CACHE INTERNAL "Edge Examples Git commit")
         set(GIT_DIRTY "uninited" CACHE INTERNAL "Edge Examples Git if dirty")
         set(WRITE_VERSION_FILE 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Edge Examples version file write")
       endif()