diff --git a/lua/sets.lua b/lua/sets.lua
index fa2d560..1142ef0 100644
--- a/lua/sets.lua
+++ b/lua/sets.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ vim.opt.hlsearch = false
 vim.opt.incsearch = true
 
 -- spellchecking
-vim.opt.spelllang = "en_us"
+vim.opt.spelllang = { "en_us", "fr" }
 vim.opt.spell = true
 
 -- stuff
diff --git a/spell/fr.latin1.spl b/spell/fr.latin1.spl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c04a12
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diff --git a/spell/fr.utf-8.spl b/spell/fr.utf-8.spl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b045682
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