fatavsultraConfusable pair

Quick tell: fata is a noun, ultra is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fata” is a noun and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,920
“fata” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
54066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fata ultra
Definition die Fee weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: fata vs ultra

Shared letters muted; letters that set fata and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fata runs 4 letters (CVCV) against ultra's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
fata
5 ch
ultra

Grammar separator: fata vs ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fata is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fata is recorded at frequency rank #45,920, 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 54066, this pair ranks #1,033,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fata vs ultra

Shared letters: at. Private to "fata": f. Private to "ultra": lru.

"fata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fataafta · faat · fatta · ffata · ftaa
  • ultralutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fata" and "ultra" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fata" is a noun and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fata" or "ultra" show up more?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #45,920 for "fata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "fata" and "ultra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fata" 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 #1,033,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fata" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fata vs puzzles". 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 #1,033,456 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list