Embodiments of the invention relate generally to a method for writing at least one memory cell of an integrated circuit; a method for writing at least two memory cells of an integrated circuit; and to integrated circuits. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for writing at least one memory cell of an integrated circuit is provided. The method includes determining a writing state of at least one reference memory cell, depending on the writing state of the at least one reference memory cell, writing the at least one memory cell, and writing the at least one reference memory cell to a given writing state.