diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index d9efa75c7..eac1e3dbd 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Run only staticcheck for now. Additional linters will be enabled one-by-one.
 linters:
-  enable:
-  - staticcheck
   disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    - misspell
+    - staticcheck
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index b665a6e11..d1a7dc46b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ func (s *HeaderMatch) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 //
 // With that logic, this function validates that if a compression
 // algorithm is specified, it's covered by the specified accept encoding
-// header. It doesn't need to be the most prefered encoding, but it MUST
-// be included in the prefered encodings.
+// header. It doesn't need to be the most preferred encoding, but it MUST
+// be included in the preferred encodings.
 func isCompressionAcceptEncodingValid(encoding, acceptEncoding string) bool {
 	// unspecified compression + any encoding value is valid
 	// any compression + no accept encoding is valid
diff --git a/prober/http_test.go b/prober/http_test.go
index 05ca36d8e..7427458ac 100644
--- a/prober/http_test.go
+++ b/prober/http_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestContentLength(t *testing.T) {
 			fw.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				msg:                    msg,
-				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(buf.Bytes()), // No decompression.
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "br")
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestContentLength(t *testing.T) {
 			fw.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				msg:                    msg,
-				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(buf.Bytes()), // No decompression.
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "deflate")
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestContentLength(t *testing.T) {
 			gw.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				msg:                    msg,
-				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(buf.Bytes()), // No decompression.
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Write(msg)
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
-				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(msg),
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Write(msg)
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
-				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(msg),
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "br")
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Write(msg)
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
-				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          len(buf.Bytes()), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(msg),
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "deflate")
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				expectFailure:          true,
-				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: 0,
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				expectFailure:          false,
-				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(msg),
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				expectFailure:          false,
-				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(msg),
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func TestHandlingOfCompressionSetting(t *testing.T) {
 			enc.Close()
 			return testdata{
 				expectFailure:          false,
-				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content lenght is the length of the compressed buffer.
+				contentLength:          buf.Len(), // Content length is the length of the compressed buffer.
 				uncompressedBodyLength: len(msg),
 				handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					w.Header().Add("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ func TestRedirectionLimit(t *testing.T) {
 		registry,
 		log.NewNopLogger())
 	if result {
-		t.Fatalf("Probe suceeded unexpectedly")
+		t.Fatalf("Probe succeeded unexpectedly")
 	}
 
 	if tooManyRedirects {
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ func TestFailIfNotSSL(t *testing.T) {
 		config.Module{Timeout: time.Second, HTTP: config.HTTPProbe{IPProtocolFallback: true, FailIfNotSSL: true}}, registry, log.NewNopLogger())
 	body := recorder.Body.String()
 	if result {
-		t.Fatalf("Fail if not SSL test suceeded unexpectedly, got %s", body)
+		t.Fatalf("Fail if not SSL test succeeded unexpectedly, got %s", body)
 	}
 	mfs, err := registry.Gather()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ func TestFailIfSelfSignedCA(t *testing.T) {
 		}}, registry, log.NewNopLogger())
 	body := recorder.Body.String()
 	if result {
-		t.Fatalf("Fail if selfsigned CA test suceeded unexpectedly, got %s", body)
+		t.Fatalf("Fail if selfsigned CA test succeeded unexpectedly, got %s", body)
 	}
 	mfs, err := registry.Gather()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/prober/tcp_test.go b/prober/tcp_test.go
index 846f7b0c8..0deba3a83 100644
--- a/prober/tcp_test.go
+++ b/prober/tcp_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestTCPConnectionFails(t *testing.T) {
 	testCTX, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 	if ProbeTCP(testCTX, ":0", config.Module{TCP: config.TCPProbe{}}, registry, log.NewNopLogger()) {
-		t.Fatalf("TCP module suceeded, expected failure.")
+		t.Fatalf("TCP module succeeded, expected failure.")
 	}
 }