Wont or Won’t :




People often leave the apostrophe out of “won’t,” meaning “will not.”


“Wont” is a completely different and rarely used word meaning “habitual custom.”


Perhaps people are reluctant to believe this is a contraction because it doesn’t make obvious sense like “cannot” being contracted to “can’t.”


The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that “won’t” is a contraction of a nonstandard form: “woll not.”