Right or wright?
right is an adjective meaning “Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is…”; wright is a noun meaning “A builder or maker of something”. Use right as an adjective and wright as a noun (right is also a noun: “That which complies with justice, law or reason”). They sound the same (/ɹaɪt/). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) right is about 58 times as common as wright.
What is the difference between right and wright?
| right | wright | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb | noun |
| Meaning | Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow… Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation On the right side | |
| Example | Near-synonym: starboard | none recorded |
| Forms | righter, rightmost, rightest | wrights |
| Pronunciation | /ɹaɪt/ [ɹaɪt] /ɹɑjt/ | /ɹaɪt/ |
| In writing | 912 times per million words | 16 times per million words |
Sources: right and wright in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of right and wright
right
- 1
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
Near-synonym: starboard
- 2
On the right side
- 3
Yes, that is correct; I agree
Tell her you’re here. Right. Thanks, Pete
- 4
That which complies with justice, law or reason
We're on the side of right in this contest
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To correct
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible
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Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation
The road up ahead contains a right bend
- 7
Towards the right side
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I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion)
– United's the best team in the country, so they'll come up with something. – Right. And do you think they'll go all the way?
wright
- 1
datedA builder or maker of something
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, right or wright?
right appears 912 times per million words; wright 16 times per million words.
right 912 times per million wordswright 16 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search right vs wright?
“right vs wright” is searched about 720 times a month on Google and 20 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“wright vs right”, “right or wright”).
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