# ambulance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/ · frequency rank #6,435

## Definitions
1. An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
2. A mobile field hospital.
3. A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
4. Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
5. Synonym of covered wagon.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).

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

## Common misspellings (14)
`abmulance`, `ambbulance`, `ambluance`, `ambualnce`, `ambulacne`, `ambulancce`, `ambulanec`, `ambulannce`, `ambulence`, `ambullance`, `ambulnace`, `ammbulance`, `amublance`, `mabulance`

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