Which to use
“mille” is a num and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,671
- “mille” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 33817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mille | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tausend | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: mille vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set mille and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mille (CVCCV) and ultra (VCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: mille vs ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mille is anum and ultraanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mille is recorded at frequency rank #25,671, classified as anum, 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 33817, this pair ranks #1,677,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mille vs ultra
Shared letters: l. Private to "mille": eim. Private to "ultra": artu.
"mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mille" for "ultra" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mille" vs "ultra" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "mille" vs "ultra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mille" 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 #1,677,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mille" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mille 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 #1,677,440 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.