# won't vs wot

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wot
*verb · IPA /wɔt/ · frequency rank #28,090*
To know (in the sense of knowing a fact).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/won-t-vs-wot