diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
index 6f5ed30284872..aed21449edc25 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 [Uu][Rr][Ll]
 # Ignore groupID's
 "(_id|groupId)": "[a-zA-Z0-9]{24}"
+# Ignore usernames, preceeded by an @
+(\[|\b)@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\]|\b)
 
 # FAQ items
 \`[A-Z]\`[a-z]{2,}\b