diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 62a62fb96e34..74642f324e67 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ decrypted
 decrypting
 deprecations
 DER
+dereference
 deserialize
 deserialized
 Deserialization