Which to use
“Nahmen” is a name and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 10656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Nahmen | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: Nahmen vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set Nahmen and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Nahmen 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.
Role in the sentence - Nahmen and ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nahmen is aname and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Nahmen is recorded at frequency rank #2,510, 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 10656, this pair ranks #1,974,017 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Nahmen vs ultra
Shared letters: a. Private to "Nahmen": ehmn. Private to "ultra": lrtu.
"Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Nahmen" for "ultra" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Nahmen" or "ultra" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Nahmen" and "ultra".
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" 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 #1,974,017 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Nahmen" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ultra". 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 #1,974,017 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.