# ambitious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ · frequency rank #7,644

## Definitions
1. Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
2. Very desirous
3. Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
4. Hard to achieve.

## Etymology
From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.

## Easily confused with
- **ambition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ambition-vs-ambitious)
- **ambiguous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ambiguous-vs-ambitious)

## Common misspellings (12)
`abmitious`, `ambbitious`, `ambiitous`, `ambitiosu`, `ambitiouss`, `ambitiuos`, `ambitoius`, `ambittious`, `ambtiious`, `amibtious`, `ammbitious`, `mabitious`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ambitious