# writes

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹaɪts/ · frequency rank #3,920

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of write

## Easily confused with
- **wrote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writes-vs-wrote)
- **written** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writes-vs-written)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wits-vs-writes)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writ-vs-writes)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/white-vs-writes)
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/write-vs-writes)
- **wives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wives-vs-writes)
- **wires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wires-vs-writes)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wines-vs-writes)
- **waits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-writes)
- **wipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wipes-vs-writes)
- **waite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-writes)
- **Wiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiles-vs-writes)
- **writer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writer-vs-writes)
- **waited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-writes)
- **whites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whites-vs-writes)
- **waiter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiter-vs-writes)
- **wastes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-writes)
- **whitey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-writes)
- **writers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/writers-vs-writes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rwites`, `wirtes`, `wriets`, `writess`, `writse`, `writtes`, `wrrites`, `wrties`, `wwrites`

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