Which to use
“Wray” is a name and “writ” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,658
- “Wray” frequency rank
- #19,743
- “writ” frequency rank
- 52401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Wray | writ |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067). | A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. |
Letter map: Wray vs writ
Shared letters muted; letters that set Wray and writ apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Wray / writ
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Wray is aname and writanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Wray is recorded at frequency rank #32,658, classified as aname. writ is at rank #19,743, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹɪt/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52401, this pair ranks #157,346 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Wray vs writ
Shared letters: rw. Private to "Wray": ay. Private to "writ": it.
"Wray" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "writ" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "Wray" and "writ". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Wray" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "writ" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,346 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Wray" and "writ" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wordy vs Wray". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #157,346 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.