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How to spell write

Write is spelled W-R-I-T-E.

What it means: To form letters or words on paper with a pen.

In a sentence: I like to write stories about dragons. ▶

Not to be confused with: right, rite, a different word.

Same family: writing, wrote, written, rewrite, writer. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Write comes from Old English "writan," which originally meant "to score or carve runes" on a surface. Over time, the meaning shifted from carving marks to putting words on paper and now to typing on screens.

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