pricevsultraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#14,654
“price” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
22800
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature price ultra
Definition Preis weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set price and ultra apart are highlighted. They share 1 letter in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
price
5 ch
ultra

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: price is anoun and ultraanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

price is recorded at frequency rank #14,654, 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 22800, this pair ranks #1,869,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of price vs ultra

Shared letters: r. Private to "price": ceip. Private to "ultra": altu.

"price" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pricepirce · pprice · prcie · pricce · priec · prrice · rpice
  • ultralutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequency comparison

price#14,654
ultra#8,146

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "price" and "ultra" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "price" is a noun and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "price" or "ultra"?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #14,654 for "price". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering price vs ultra

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “price”; for an adverb, it's “ultra”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “price” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list