# Wray vs writ

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wray
*name · frequency rank #32,658*
A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).

### writ
*noun · IPA /ɹɪt/ · frequency rank #19,743*
A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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