# wires vs writes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wires
*noun · IPA /waɪəz/ · frequency rank #9,007*
plural of wire

### writes
*verb · IPA /ɹaɪts/ · frequency rank #3,920*
third-person singular simple present indicative of write

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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