# went vs won't

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### went
*verb · IPA /wɛnt/ · frequency rank #300*
simple past of go

### won't
*verb · IPA /wəʊnt/ · frequency rank #462*
will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/went-vs-won-t