motocrossvsultraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
58052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motocross ultra
Definition Motocross weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: motocross vs ultra

Shared letters muted; letters that set motocross and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. motocross runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against ultra's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
motocross
5 ch
ultra

Part-of-speech tell for motocross / ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: motocross is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motocross is recorded at frequency rank #49,906, 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 58052, this pair ranks #877,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of motocross vs ultra

Shared letters: rt. Private to "motocross": cmos. Private to "ultra": alu.

"motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross
  • ultra ← lutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "motocross" and "ultra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "motocross" is a noun and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "motocross" 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 #49,906 for "motocross". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" 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 #877,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motocross" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #877,684 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