diff --git a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
index 72ded1f791..c5e74bdc4e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
@@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ MERGECOPY
 MERGEPAINT
 metadatamatters
 Metadatas
+Metacharacter
 metafile
 mfc
 Mgmt