diff --git a/dev-python/pyspellchecker/Manifest b/dev-python/pyspellchecker/Manifest
index 699eac09fbf22..94a328153cc87 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyspellchecker/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyspellchecker/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pyspellchecker-0.8.4.gh.tar.gz 79001033 BLAKE2B 4b95e9318c631d54bb5b6f2a19986ff7bcfc5485b0dead298cd087a569cb0879bf1e82e3391bd821327431329b2bad64d989e816cabaa2061c23e419cee1144a SHA512 de7ee41cac319622af7790b16cf67d23e31a70b160794ec12d7db2cf81f10484230fe0f99d8c5197aeeb5d0bb15d753dbe23b15432a0a49a9e19d023220245ba
+DIST pyspellchecker-0.9.0.gh.tar.gz 79001668 BLAKE2B dda2a818c139afcc8564185a8338f68bccd9c5b4c9f109803b9c27fb18bafc48e6357550ad8659520472d54b05104fd517253b9deb5f4ce9d46bd6fcdf42ce71 SHA512 4c1cd3af70090aba1d799f8a0b71518c553f8e94c5b961065bd28ba3385a9cfb87c78e166ffa556e32e90fe2708fddb2dda0e37ee10e2699655670eee579aeb6
diff --git a/dev-python/pyspellchecker/pyspellchecker-0.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyspellchecker/pyspellchecker-0.9.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94284e5bbd613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pyspellchecker/pyspellchecker-0.9.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517="setuptools"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pure python spell checker based on work by Peter Norvig"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/barrust/pyspellchecker/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pyspellchecker/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/barrust/pyspellchecker/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+distutils_enable_tests unittest
+
+python_test() {
+	eunittest -p '*_test.py'
+}