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“Right” or “Rite” or “Wright” or “Write”

right / rite / wright / write are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

right r·AY·t

  • nounan abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; ; - Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • nounlocation near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east.
  • nounthose who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged.
  • nounthe hand that is on the right side of the body.
  • nouna turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.
  • nounanything in accord with principles of justice.
  • noun(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.
  • verbmake reparations or amends for.
  • verbput in or restore to an upright position.
  • verbregain an upright or proper position.
  • adjectivebeing or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north.
  • adjectivein conformance with justice or law or morality.
  • adjectivecorrect in opinion or judgment.
  • adjectiveof or belonging to the political or intellectual right.
  • adjectivein or into a satisfactory condition.
  • adjectiveintended for the right hand.
  • adjectivehaving the axis perpendicular to the base.
  • adjective(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward.
  • adverbprecisely, exactly.
  • adverbimmediately.
  • adverbexactly.
  • adverbtoward or on the right; also used figuratively.
  • adverban interjection expressing agreement.
  • adverbcompletely.

rite r·AY·t

  • nounan established ceremony prescribed by a religion.

wright r·AY·t

  • nounUnited States writer of detective novels (1888-1939).
  • nounUnited States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960).
  • nounUnited States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912).
  • nounUnited States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948).
  • nouninfluential United States architect (1869-1959).
  • nounUnited States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852).
  • nounsomeone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination).

write r·AY·t

  • verbproduce a literary work.
  • verbcommunicate or express by writing.
  • verbcommunicate (with) in writing.
  • verbcommunicate by letter.
  • verbmark or trace on a surface.
  • verbrecord data on a computer.
  • verbcreate code, write a computer program.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“right”

  • …would have no actual legal right to Schleswig and Holstein (of…
  • …the driver's seat on the right, the lever is pushed to…
  • ("The right of an indigenous person, as…
  • The Right to Love (1920)
  • …Schleswig should be granted the right to a referendum on whether…
  • …goods to Denmark; and the right of indigency was guaranteed to…
  • In addition, Bill Kolens (right tackle), Judd Ringer (right end),…
  • …in the United States Navy right after Pearl Harbor attack.
  • …of the fight for the right to go to the World…
  • …Company's charter gave it the right to seize illicit editions and…

“rite”

  • …mendicant, because it's normally a rite of passage reserved for men.
  • …in the form of a rite of passage".
  • …event in Brazil, an Umbanda rite.
  • Dorothy Dreyer's Reaper's Rite series depicts Vila as magical…
  • In turn, the Rite of Dedication of a Church…
  • …the day of their "five-yearly rite," all marriage-seeking Paiwan men try…
  • The sacrificial rite started, and the soul of…
  • …he described the Roman Catholic rite of Holy Communion as cultural…
  • 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason
  • …Pieces for Orchestra (Webern), The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky), Le roi…

“wright”

  • …building and maintaining of early Wright engines and airplanes.
  • …claims of sustained flight, the Wright brothers are officially credited by…
  • …a long, narrow box, the Wright brothers incorporated wing warping on…
  • …he made of a 19th-century Wright glider.
  • …Shayne (six entries) and William Wright or Alan Curtis as Philo…
  • James "Big Jim" Wright – photography
  • Ian Wright, former footballer
  • …a 2016 album by Chely Wright.
  • 27 April – Peter Wright, 78, British MI5 officer and…
  • …warping is attributed to Wilbur Wright who in 1899, came up…

“write”

  • The teacher asked him to write the Urdu alphabet (Alif, Bhe,
  • Cox praised Greenwood's ability to write for the screen and accept…
  • …Society, Sir William Bragg, to write to the Foreign Secretary Lord…
  • He chose to write poetry in Urdu at beginning.
  • …college freshmen were asked to write an essay arguing against the…
  • …these computers can read and write to the same storage volume…
  • Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari write in Anti-Oedipus (1972) that psychoanalysis…
  • …Sattaar Shah told him to write in mother tongue Pashto because…
  • …which individuals were made to write a counter-attitudinal essay.
  • …Ronald Shusett, he would later write Dead & Buried and Hemoglobin,…

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