diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/candidate.patterns b/.github/actions/spelling/candidate.patterns
index ae05e74d..4ba967e6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/candidate.patterns
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/candidate.patterns
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ W/"[^"]+"
 ,-B
 
 # libraries
-\blib(?!rar(?:ies|y))(?=[a-z])
+\blib(?!rar(?:i(?:an|es)|y))(?=[a-z])
 
 # WWNN/WWPN (NAA identifiers)
 \b(?:0x)?10[0-9a-f]{14}\b|\b(?:0x|3)?[25][0-9a-f]{15}\b|\b(?:0x|3)?6[0-9a-f]{31}\b