Impostor or imposter?

Tutoring English, surprises are common. The tutor mentions one about the spelling of imposter…(or is it impostor)?

imposter (noun):
someone who pretends to be someone else.

Imposter and impostor are both valid spellings of the word.

Source:

Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.

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