# wont

> English word · Noun · IPA /wəʊnt/ · frequency rank #6,202

## Definitions
1. One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

## Etymology
From Old English gewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), possibly as a conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and wont (participle adjective, below).
Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

## Easily confused with
- **wt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wt)
- **wow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wow)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-woo)
- **wot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wot)
- **wut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wut)
- **wop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wop)
- **wor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wor)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-work)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-word)
- **wood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wood)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wore)
- **worn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-worn)
- **wool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wool)
- **worm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-worm)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-writ)
- **woof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-woof)
- **wynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wynn)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wort)
- **wook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wook)
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wove)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ownt`, `wnot`, `wonnt`, `wontt`, `wotn`, `wwont`

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