diff --git a/.cspell/misc-terms.txt b/.cspell/misc-terms.txt
index b5515da78..467e48891 100644
--- a/.cspell/misc-terms.txt
+++ b/.cspell/misc-terms.txt
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-colour
-colours
-mitigations
 newbranch
diff --git a/cspell.config.yaml b/cspell.config.yaml
index a703db439..885a41afd 100644
--- a/cspell.config.yaml
+++ b/cspell.config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell/main/cspell.schema.json
 version: '0.2'
-language: en
+language: en-US,en-GB
 
 import:
   - ./.cspell/cspell.config.yaml