want and wont

[trosel]

The dictionary doesn't have a word for wont, meaning "accustomed to". Or if it does, then the pronunciation seems to be incorrect.

For me, these are my pronunciations:

• want (desire) = 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑑
• wont (accustomed) = 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑
• won't (will not) = 𐑢𐑴𐑯𐑑

Am I missing something here?

[Shavian-info]

'Wont' is pronounced /wəʊnt/, and is a homophone for 'won't' in RP. There are quite a few freely available dictionaries with RP pronunciations, such as the Cambridge Dictionary, that let you check things, e.g. the Cambridge Dictionary entry for 'wont'.

[trosel]

I do see that the audio pronunciation here matches mine exactly. So it’s odd that Cambridge would ignore that a seemingly significant number of people pronounce it like this https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/wont

I’ve never heard it as a homonym of “won’t” before, but I will defer if that is the most common pronunciation in both England and America