ambience
/ˈæm.bi.əns/
"ambience" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ambience” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,057
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of ambiance.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambience |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæm.bi.əns/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ambience” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around ambience (IPA /ˈæm.bi.əns/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,057 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of ambiance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambience, with forms such as "abmience", "ambbience", and "ambeince". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ambient", "audience", "Ambien", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ambient + -ence. The correct English form is ambience, spelled A-M-B-I-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of ambiance.
Etymology
From ambient + -ence.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abmience
- ambbience
- ambeince
- ambiecne
- ambiencce
- ambienec
- ambiennce
- ambinece
- amibence
- ammbience
- mabience
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambience - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ambience”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-M-B-I-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæm.bi.əns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ambient” - see the side-by-side comparison. ambience vs ambient
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.