Try another format for the arguments
diff --git a/codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py b/codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py index 7b52277..38b93b7 100644 --- a/codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py +++ b/codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ try: import aspell #speller = aspell.Speller('lang', 'en') - speller = aspell.Speller([('lang', 'en-custom'), ('data-dir', '/home/travis/build/codespell-project/codespell/aspell6-en-custom/')]) + speller = aspell.Speller((('lang', 'en-custom'), ('data-dir', '/home/travis/build/codespell-project/codespell/aspell6-en-custom/'))) except Exception as exp: # probably ImportError, but maybe also language speller = None if os.getenv('REQUIRE_ASPELL', 'false').lower() == 'true':