Tier four of five
How to spell ambiguous
What it means
open to more than one meaning
How it sounds
/æˈmbɪɡjuəs/
Why it catches people out
Ambigu plus -ous. The u before the ous is written.
The spellings people reach for
- ambigious
- ambigous
- ambiguus
In a sentence
The wording was deliberately ambiguous.