Which to use
“cent” is a noun and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,430
- “cent” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 11576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cent | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cent (Eurocent) | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: cent vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set cent and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. cent runs 4 letters (CVCC) against ultra's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - cent and ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cent is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cent is recorded at frequency rank #3,430, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ultra is at rank #8,146, tagged as anadv, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 11576, this pair ranks #1,969,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cent vs ultra
Shared letters: t. Private to "cent": cen. Private to "ultra": alru.
"cent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cent" and "ultra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "cent" or "ultra" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "cent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ultra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,969,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cent" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ultra". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,969,128 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.