# wright

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹaɪt/ · frequency rank #5,180

## Definitions
1. A builder or maker of something.

## Etymology
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht, work.

## Easily confused with
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wright-vs-writ)
- **wrist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wright-vs-wrist)
- **wrought** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wright-vs-wrought)
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wright-vs-write)
- **weigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weigh-vs-wright)
- **wight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wight-vs-wright)
- **weight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weight-vs-wright)
- **weighs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighs-vs-wright)
- **weights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weights-vs-wright)
- **weighty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighty-vs-wright)
- **right** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/right-vs-wright)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-wright)

## Common misspellings (10)
`rwight`, `wirght`, `wrgiht`, `wrigght`, `wrighht`, `wrightt`, `wrigth`, `wrihgt`, `wrright`, `wwright`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wright