diff --git a/harper-core/src/linting/spell_check.rs b/harper-core/src/linting/spell_check.rs
index 715cc9a9b0..361bcf9cf4 100644
--- a/harper-core/src/linting/spell_check.rs
+++ b/harper-core/src/linting/spell_check.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use std::num::NonZero;
 use lru::LruCache;
 use smallvec::ToSmallVec;
 
-use super::Suggestion;
 use super::{Lint, LintKind, Linter};
+use super::{Suggestion, informal_laughter::is_informal_laughter};
 use crate::document::Document;
 use crate::spell::{Dictionary, suggest_correct_spelling};
 use crate::{CharString, CharStringExt, Dialect, TokenStringExt};
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ impl<T: Dictionary> Linter for SpellCheck<T> {
         for word in document.iter_words() {
             let word_chars = document.get_span_content(&word.span);
 
+            if is_informal_laughter(word_chars) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if let Some(metadata) = word.kind.as_word().unwrap()
                 && metadata.dialects.is_dialect_enabled(self.dialect)
                 && (self.dictionary.contains_exact_word(word_chars)
@@ -150,6 +154,24 @@ mod tests {
     };
     use crate::{DictWordMetadata, Document};
 
+    #[test]
+    fn athough_suggests_although() {
+        assert_suggestion_result(
+            "athough it was late, we continued.",
+            SpellCheck::new(FstDictionary::curated(), Dialect::American),
+            "although it was late, we continued.",
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn athough_suggests_although_capitalized() {
+        assert_suggestion_result(
+            "Athough it was late, we continued.",
+            SpellCheck::new(FstDictionary::curated(), Dialect::American),
+            "Although it was late, we continued.",
+        );
+    }
+
     // Capitalization tests
 
     #[test]
@@ -1007,4 +1029,14 @@ mod tests {
             "children's",
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn allows_informal_laughter() {
+        for source in ["hahah", "hahaha", "hahahah", "Hahahah", "HAHAHA"] {
+            assert_no_lints(
+                source,
+                SpellCheck::new(FstDictionary::curated(), Dialect::American),
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }