Tier three of five
How to spell amateur
What it means
someone doing it unpaid
How it sounds
/ˈæməˌtɜr/
Why it catches people out
Ama (love) + teur. Ends in -eur, like entrepreneur.
The spellings people reach for
- amature
- amatuer
- ameteur
In a sentence
The photograph was clearly the work of an amateur.