Playwright - playwrite (error)

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Although a playwright does write plays, she or he takes the name of the job from the separate English noun, ' a wright, which means 'maker'. It is always an error to spell the word playwrite. You may care to look at Right - write and Wright - rite for more.

There is no portmanteau verb 'to playwrite either.