Which to use
“Pau” is a name and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,946
- “Pau” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 58092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Pau | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Stadt in Südfrankreich | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: Pau vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set Pau and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Pau runs 3 letters (CVV) against ultra's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: Pau vs ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pau is aname and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Pau is recorded at frequency rank #49,946, 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 58092, this pair ranks #876,146 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Pau vs ultra
Shared letters: au. Private to "Pau": p. Private to "ultra": lrt.
"Pau" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ultra ← lutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Pau" for "ultra" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Pau" vs "ultra" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "Pau" and "ultra". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Pau" 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 #876,146 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Pau" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pau 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 #876,146 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.