Which to use
“Mals” is a name and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,319
- “Mals” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 56465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mals | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gemeinde in Südtirol | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: Mals vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mals and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Mals 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.
Part-of-speech tell for Mals / ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mals is aname and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mals is recorded at frequency rank #48,319, classified as aname, 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 56465, this pair ranks #939,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Mals vs ultra
Shared letters: al. Private to "Mals": ms. Private to "ultra": rtu.
"Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Mals" and "ultra" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Mals" vs "ultra" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "Mals" vs "ultra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mals" 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 #939,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mals" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals 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 #939,123 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.