writ

Other forms of writ

plural

writs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about writ

What does writ mean?

writ means "(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer".

How many syllables are in writ?

writ has 1 syllable: writ. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪt/.

What is another word for writ?

Close synonyms include judicial writ. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is writ a common word?

writ is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.