# ambivalent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/ · frequency rank #28,447

## Definitions
1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
2. Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

## Etymology
Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + valeō (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- + -valent. Compare ambivert.

## Easily confused with
- **ambivalence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ambivalence-vs-ambivalent)

## Common misspellings (15)
`abmivalent`, `ambbivalent`, `ambiavlent`, `ambivaelnt`, `ambivalennt`, `ambivalentt`, `ambivaletn`, `ambivallent`, `ambivalnet`, `ambivlaent`, `ambivvalent`, `ambvialent`, `amibvalent`, `ammbivalent`, `mabivalent`

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