‘Writting’ or ‘Writing’ are two words that often confuse people about which one is correct. It is because of the similarity in spelling and pronunciation of both the words.

The autocorrect in my laptop shows the word ‘Writting’ is incorrect and should be displaced by ‘Writing’.

So, today I am going to explain to you the difference between these two words by their meanings and how you can use the correct word in your sentences.

Writting Vs Writing

·        Meaning of Writting

The word ‘Writting’ is a misspelling of the ideal word ‘Writing’. This mistake is often made by people because the words sound and are spelled similarly. The error occurs on doubling the ‘t’ before the ‘ing’ form of the word.

The other reason for making this mistake is that the placement of ‘t’ in present, past, future tense of the verb ‘to write’ is different. For example :

• Present tense – write
• Past tense – wrote
• Present perfect tense- written
• Present continuous tense- writing

So, looking at the present perfect tense of write as written, anyone can make the mistake of writing the word ‘writting’ instead of ‘writing’.

·        Meaning of Writing

Writing is the ideal spelling of the word. Writing is a source of communication in which people convey their message through writing it in words and symbols which make it easy for the reader to understand.

It has been used since the beginning of time (4th millennium BC) when stones and walls were used as a platform to write on for conveying messages across to the people.

Examples

• Are you writing the essay which was given by the teacher as an assignment?
• He has been writing for two hours and is yet not completed.
• They were writing the story of ‘The Rabbit and the Tortoise’.
• I was writing a letter to my mom to inform her about the holidays.

Conclusion

Many words in the English language are not spelled as they are pronounced and vice versa. So, it is always better to confirm the word before writing in the case of homophones. ‘Writing’ is the correct spelling of the word. It means to pass your message by writing on paper. While the other word ‘Writting’ is just a misspelling of the correct word.

You may remember the correct word by remembering the word ‘write’ and replace the last letter ‘e’ with ‘ing’ which forms the correct word ‘writing’.