transfersvsultraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#18,727
“transfers” frequency rank
#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
26873
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transfers ultra
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs transfer weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter

Letter map: transfers vs ultra

Shared letters muted; letters that set transfers and ultra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

9 ch
transfers
5 ch
ultra

Grammar separator: transfers vs ultra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: transfers is averb and ultraanadverb. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transfers is recorded at frequency rank #18,727, 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 26873, this pair ranks #1,811,017 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transfers vs ultra

Shared letters: art. Private to "transfers": efns. Private to "ultra": lu.

"transfers" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC  ·  "ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transfersrtansfers · tarnsfers · tranfsers · trannsfers · transefrs · transferrs · transferss · transfesr
  • ultralutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "transfers" and "ultra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transfers" is a verb and "ultra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "transfers" or "ultra" show up more?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #18,727 for "transfers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "transfers" and "ultra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "transfers" 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 #1,811,017 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transfers" and "ultra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs transfers". 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 #1,811,017 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