Which to use
“spiels” is a verb and “ultra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,427
- “spiels” frequency rank
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- 13573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | spiels | ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spiel | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter |
Letter map: spiels vs ultra
Shared letters muted; letters that set spiels and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. spiels runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) 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 - spiels and ultra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spiels is averb and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
spiels is recorded at frequency rank #5,427, classified as averb, 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 13573, this pair ranks #1,957,119 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of spiels vs ultra
Shared letters: l. Private to "spiels": eips. Private to "ultra": artu.
"spiels" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "spiels" for "ultra" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "spiels" or "ultra" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "spiels" vs "ultra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "spiels" 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 #1,957,119 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "spiels" 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 #1,957,119 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.