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copywrite

copy·write/ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/verb

copywrite is a verb meaning “To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-P-Y-W-R-I-T-E and has 2 syllables (copy·write), and it appears about once in every 41 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does copywrite mean?

verb

  1. 1

    rareTo write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce copywrite?

  • US /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
  • UK /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/

Copywrite has 2 syllables, split copy·write in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-copyright.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of copywrite

  • copywrites present, singular, he/she/it
  • copywriting participle, present
  • copywrote past
  • copywritten participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is copywrite?

Copywrite appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with copywrite

Sounds like: copyright (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Copywrite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense to write the text of an advertisement:

LanguageWords
Frenchrédiger
GermanAnzeigen texten
Portugueseredatar
Spanishescribir texto publicitario

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does copywrite come from?

Back-formation from copywriter.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).