diff --git a/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/fixtures/with-errors/sampleESM.mjs b/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/fixtures/with-errors/sampleESM.mjs
index bde854032c8..1c35d3a21f4 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/fixtures/with-errors/sampleESM.mjs
+++ b/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/fixtures/with-errors/sampleESM.mjs
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ export const LITERAL_COOKED = 'cafe\u0301';
 export const UNDEFINED = undefined;
 export const NULL = null;
 export const BIG_INT = 1n;
+export const BADD_NAME = true;
 
 function mapDir(dir) {
     return `type: ${dir.isFile ? 'F' : ' '}${dir.isDirectory() ? 'D' :' '} name: ${dir.name}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * this is a functionn comment.
+ */
 export async function listFiles() {
     const dirs = await fs.readdir('.', { withFileTypes: true });
     const entries = dirs.map(mapDir);
diff --git a/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.test.ts b/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.test.ts
index ecb37e3ea7b..b43c8a4ec37 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.test.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,15 @@ ruleTester.run('cspell', rule.rules.cspell, {
         readSample('sampleESM.mjs'),
         // readSample('sample.json'),
     ],
-    // cspell:ignore Guuide Gallaxy
-    invalid: [readInvalid('with-errors/sampleESM.mjs', ['Unknown word: "Guuide"', 'Unknown word: "Gallaxy"'])],
+    // cspell:ignore Guuide Gallaxy BADD functionn
+    invalid: [
+        readInvalid('with-errors/sampleESM.mjs', [
+            'Unknown word: "Guuide"',
+            'Unknown word: "Gallaxy"',
+            'Unknown word: "BADD"',
+            'Unknown word: "functionn"',
+        ]),
+    ],
 });
 
 function resolveFromMonoRepo(file: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.ts b/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.ts
index 073475133a8..c4e98ee9685 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-eslint-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -38,37 +38,40 @@ scope: ${context.getScope().type}
 `);
 
     function checkLiteral(node: Literal & Rule.NodeParentExtension) {
+        debugNode(node, node.value);
         if (typeof node.value === 'string') {
             checkNodeText(node, node.value);
         }
-        debugNode(node, node.value);
     }
 
     function checkTemplateElement(node: TemplateElement & Rule.NodeParentExtension) {
         debugNode(node, node.value);
+        checkNodeText(node, node.value.cooked || node.value.raw);
     }
 
     function checkIdentifier(node: Identifier & Rule.NodeParentExtension) {
         debugNode(node, node.name);
+        checkNodeText(node, node.name);
     }
 
     function checkComment(node: Comment) {
+        checkNodeText(node, node.value);
         const val = format('%o', node);
         log(`Comment: ${val}`);
     }
 
-    function checkNodeText(node: Node, text: string) {
-        if (!node.range || !node.loc) return;
+    function checkNodeText(node: Node | Comment, text: string) {
+        if (!node.range) return;
 
         const scope = inheritance(node);
         const result = validator.checkText(node.range, text, scope);
         if (result.length) {
             console.error('%o', result);
         }
-        result.forEach((issue) => reportIssue(node, issue));
+        result.forEach((issue) => reportIssue(issue));
     }
 
-    function reportIssue(node: Node, issue: ValidationIssue) {
+    function reportIssue(issue: ValidationIssue) {
         // const messageId = issue.isFlagged ? 'cspell-forbidden-word' : 'cspell-unknown-word';
         const messageType = issue.isFlagged ? 'Forbidden' : 'Unknown';
         const message = `${messageType} word: "${issue.text}"`;
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ scope: ${context.getScope().type}
         Identifier: checkIdentifier,
     };
 
-    function mapNode(node: Node | TSESTree.Node, index: number, nodes: Node[]): string {
+    function mapNode(node: Node | TSESTree.Node | Comment, index: number, nodes: (Node | Comment)[]): string {
         const child = nodes[index + 1];
         if (node.type === 'ImportSpecifier') {
             const extra = node.imported === child ? '.imported' : node.local === child ? '.local' : '';
@@ -133,16 +136,16 @@ scope: ${context.getScope().type}
         return node.type;
     }
 
-    function inheritance(node: Node) {
+    function inheritance(node: Node | Comment) {
         const a = [...context.getAncestors(), node];
         return a.map(mapNode);
     }
 
-    function inheritanceSummary(node: Node) {
+    function inheritanceSummary(node: Node | Comment) {
         return inheritance(node).join(' ');
     }
 
-    function debugNode(node: Node, value: unknown) {
+    function debugNode(node: Node | Comment, value: unknown) {
         if (!isDebugMode) return;
         const val = format('%o', value);
         log(`${inheritanceSummary(node)}: ${val}`);