Ambulence or ambulance?
Did you mean ambulance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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ambulence
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ambulance
Correct spelling: ambulance. Misspelling: ambulence.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
The ending is -ance: think of an ambulANCE that's in a hurry to ADVANCE.
Why people write “ambulence”
The endings -ance and -ence sound identical in speech; this word takes -ance.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make ambulance automatic.
Other misspellings of “ambulance”
People also write “ambulanse”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“ambulanse”
Correct spelling: ambulance. Misspelling: ambulanse.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “ambulanse” is only one letter off: it uses S in place of C; the two letters can sound alike here.
What does “ambulance” mean?
ambulance noun
- a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Ambulance” in a sentence
- Someone called an ambulance after the accident.
Is “ambulance” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“ambulence” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AMBULANCE.