wright

Everyday

1. A wright is an old word for a person who makes or builds things, used now mostly at the end of words: playwright, shipwright, wheelwright. tree →
2. Wright is a common family name; the Wright brothers flew the first powered aeroplane. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons a playwright is a person who writes plays (not «playwrite»). In history a wheelwright made wheels and a shipwright built ships. In history and science lessons the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are famous for the first powered flight.

Examples

• Shakespeare was a famous playwright. tree →
• The wheelwright made a new wheel for the cart. tree →
• A shipwright builds and repairs ships. tree →
• The Wright brothers built the first powered aeroplane. tree →
• Mrs Wright is our new teacher. tree →
• The playwright watched her play from the back row. tree →

Note

Homophones: write, right, rite — all sound the same. In «playwright» the spelling is -wright, because it means a maker of plays, not a writer of them. As a family name it has a capital W.