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How to spell won't

What it means: A contraction meaning 'will not'.

In a sentence: I won't forget to feed the cat. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent t, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as wont or wo'nt.

Same family: will, wouldn't, can't, don't, didn't. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Won't” is a contraction of the older English form “will not,” but it comes through an earlier variant “woll not” or “wonnot,” which is why the spelling looks unusual today.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa) · Silent letters

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