# won vs won't

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### won
*verb · IPA /wʌn/ · frequency rank #646*
simple past and past participle of win

### 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: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/won-vs-won-t