diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 137edea6f3..0000000000
--- a/cspell.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "language": "en",
-  "ignorePaths": [
-    // Copied from '.gitignore', please keep it in sync.
-    ".eslintcache",
-    "node_modules",
-    "coverage",
-    "npmDist",
-    "denoDist",
-    "npm",
-    "deno",
-
-    // Excluded from spelling check
-    "cspell.json",
-    "package.json",
-    "package-lock.json",
-    "tsconfig.json",
-    "benchmark/github-schema.graphql",
-    "benchmark/github-schema.json"
-  ],
-  "overrides": [
-    {
-      "filename": "**/docs/APIReference-*.md",
-      "ignoreRegExpList": ["/href=\"[^\"]*\"/"]
-    }
-  ],
-  "words": [
-    "graphiql",
-    "sublinks",
-    "subcommand",
-    "transpilation",
-    "instanceof",
-    "flowtype",
-    "noconcurrent",
-
-    // Different names used inside tests
-    "Skywalker",
-    "Leia",
-    "Wilhuff",
-    "Tarkin",
-    "Artoo",
-    "Threepio",
-    "Odie",
-    "Odie's",
-    "Damerau",
-    "Alderaan",
-    "Tatooine",
-    "astromech",
-
-    // TODO: contribute upstream
-    "deno",
-    "codecov",
-
-    // TODO: remove bellow words
-    "Graphi", // GraphiQL
-    "QL's", // GraphQL's
-    "QLIs", // GraphQLIs*
-    "QLID", // GraphQLID
-    "QLJS", // GraphQLJS
-    "iface",
-    "Reqs",
-    "ORing",
-    "FXXX",
-    "XXXF",
-    "bfnrt",
-    "wrds"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/cspell.yml b/cspell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..857f928f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cspell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+language: en
+ignorePaths:
+  # Copied from '.gitignore', please keep it in sync.
+  - .eslintcache
+  - node_modules
+  - coverage
+  - npmDist
+  - denoDist
+  - npm
+  - deno
+
+  # Excluded from spelling check
+  - cspell.yml
+  - package.json
+  - package-lock.json
+  - tsconfig.json
+  - benchmark/github-schema.graphql
+  - benchmark/github-schema.json
+overrides:
+  - filename: '**/docs/APIReference-*.md'
+    ignoreRegExpList: ['/href="[^"]*"/']
+
+words:
+  - graphiql
+  - sublinks
+  - subcommand
+  - transpilation
+  - instanceof
+  - flowtype
+  - noconcurrent
+
+  # Different names used inside tests
+  - Skywalker
+  - Leia
+  - Wilhuff
+  - Tarkin
+  - Artoo
+  - Threepio
+  - Odie
+  - Odie's
+  - Damerau
+  - Alderaan
+  - Tatooine
+  - astromech
+
+  # TODO: contribute upstream
+  - deno
+  - codecov
+
+  # TODO: remove bellow words
+  - QLID # GraphQLID
+  - QLJS # GraphQLJS
+  - iface
+  - Reqs
+  - ORing
+  - FXXX
+  - XXXF
+  - bfnrt
+  - wrds
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95783e65ca..22494ebc88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "testonly:cover": "nyc npm run testonly",
     "prettier": "prettier --write --list-different .",
     "prettier:check": "prettier --check .",
-    "check:spelling": "cspell '**/*'",
+    "check:spelling": "cspell --no-progress '**/*'",
     "check:integrations": "mocha --full-trace integrationTests/*-test.js",
     "build:npm": "node resources/build-npm.js",
     "build:deno": "node resources/build-deno.js",