How to spell wright

hear itwright/raɪt/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A person who creates or builds something.

In a sentence: The wright built a new wooden cart for the fair.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as Right or rite.

Same family: Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, architecture, Fallingwater, modernism. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The surname Wright comes from an Old English word meaning a craftsman or builder, such as a wheelwright or shipwright. Frank Lloyd Wright’s last name is fitting, because he became one of the most famous ‘builders’ in modern architecture.

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