Which to use
“office” is a noun and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,205
- “office” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 13351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | office | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: office vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set office and ultra apart highlighted. No shared letter run. office runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against ultra's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: office vs ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: office is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
office is recorded at frequency rank #5,205, 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 13351, this pair ranks #1,958,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of office vs ultra
Shared letters: none. Private to "office": cefio. Private to "ultra": alrtu.
"office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "office" for "ultra" ever safe?
Frequency check: "office" vs "ultra" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "office" vs "ultra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "office" 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 #1,958,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "office" 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 #1,958,539 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.