diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 8c31f37..4cec686 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ Vocab = PaperMoon
 [*.md]
 BasedOnStyles = Vale, PaperMoon
 
+# Vale.Spelling (Hunspell) is disabled: this styleguide enforces house style,
+# not spelling. On technical docs the spell-checker flags an endless tail of
+# valid tool/package names (npm, toolchain, Turbopack, ...) with no
+# typo-catching benefit worth the vocab-curation toil. The curated PaperMoon
+# house-style rules and Vale.Repetition/Vale.Terms stay enabled. Adopting
+# repos inherit this as the default house behavior.
+Vale.Spelling = NO
+
 TokenIgnores = (?:dApp|TestNet|MainNet|ERC-\d+|JSON-RPC)
 BlockIgnores = (?s) *(```.*?```)