timesvsultraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,431
“times” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
13577
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature times ultra
Definition Plural des Substantivs time weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: times vs ultra

Shared letters muted; letters that set times and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. times (CVCVC) and ultra (VCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
times
5 ch
ultra

Grammar separator: times vs ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: times 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 13577, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

times is recorded at frequency rank #5,431, 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 13577, this pair ranks #1,957,094 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of times vs ultra

Shared letters: t. Private to "times": eims. Private to "ultra": alru.

"times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • times ← itmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes
  • ultra ← lutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "times" and "ultra" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "times" is a noun and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "times" vs "ultra" - which ranks higher?
"times" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,431 in our German list, against #8,146 for "ultra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "times" and "ultra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "times" 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 #1,957,094 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "times" 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 #1,957,094 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list