Won't or wont?
won't is a verb meaning “will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action”; wont is an adjective meaning “Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something)”. Use won't as a verb and wont as an adjective. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) won't is about 18 times as common as wont.
What is the difference between won't and wont?
| won't | wont | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb | noun, adjective, verb |
| Meaning | will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action doesn't want to | Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something) |
| Example | Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon | He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont |
| Pronunciation | /wəʊnt/ /ˈwɪnɪt/ /woʊnt/ | /wʌnt/ /wəʊnt/ /wɒnt/ |
| In writing | 219 times per million words | 12 times per million words |
Sources: won't and wont in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of won't and wont
won't
- 1
will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action
Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon
- 2
doesn't want to
He either can't or won't do anything about it
wont
- 1
Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something)
He is wont to complain loudly about his job
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, won't or wont?
won't appears 219 times per million words; wont 12 times per million words.
won't 219 times per million wordswont 12 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search won't vs wont?
“won't vs wont” is searched about 720 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“wont vs won't”, “won't or wont”).
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