forcesvsultraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#35,187
“forces” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
43333
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature forces ultra
Definition Plural des Substantivs force weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: forces vs ultra

Shared letters muted; letters that set forces and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. forces runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against ultra's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
forces
5 ch
ultra

Part-of-speech tell for forces / ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: forces is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

forces is recorded at frequency rank #35,187, 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 43333, this pair ranks #1,421,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of forces vs ultra

Shared letters: r. Private to "forces": cefos. Private to "ultra": altu.

"forces" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • forcesfforces · focres · forcces · forcess · forcse · forecs · forrces · froces
  • ultralutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "forces" for "ultra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "forces" is a noun and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "forces" or "ultra"?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #35,187 for "forces". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "forces" 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 #1,421,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "forces" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forces 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 #1,421,363 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