murdervsultraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
55006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature murder ultra
Definition Mord, Ermordung weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: murder vs ultra

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

Grammar separator: murder vs ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: murder is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

murder is recorded at frequency rank #46,860, 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 55006, this pair ranks #996,402 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of murder vs ultra

Shared letters: ru. Private to "murder": dem. Private to "ultra": alt.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder
  • ultralutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "murder" for "ultra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "murder" is a noun and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "murder" or "ultra"?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #46,860 for "murder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "murder" and "ultra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" 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 #996,402 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "murder" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "murder 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 #996,402 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