CSpell for Zed

March 27, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

This extension uses cspell-lsp under the hood. All configuration is fully compatible with cspell-lsp.

Global config

cspell-lsp also reads the global cspell.json in:

  • Linux: ~/.config/cspell/
  • macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/cspell/
  • Windows: %AppData%\cspell\Config\ -> Usually: C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\cspell\config

Use dictionary

  1. Install:
npm install -g @cspell/dict-de-ch
npm install -g cspell
cspell link add @cspell/dict-de-ch
  1. Modify cspell.json
{
  "dictionaries": ["de-ch"]
}
  1. Execute command: editor: restart language server