moravsultraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
58049
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora ultra
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: mora vs ultra

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mora 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
mora
5 ch
ultra

Grammar separator: mora vs ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, 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 58049, this pair ranks #877,791 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs ultra

Shared letters: ar. Private to "mora": mo. Private to "ultra": ltu.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • ultra ← lutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mora" and "ultra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "ultra" - which ranks higher?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #49,903 for "mora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "mora" vs "ultra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" 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 #877,791 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mora 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 #877,791 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