Which to use
“ugly” is an adjective and “ulla” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,317
- “ugly” frequency rank
- #24,155
- “ulla” frequency rank
- 73472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ugly | ulla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unangenehm für das Auge; nicht ästhetisch ansprechend | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Indefinitpronomens ullus |
Letter map: ugly vs ulla
Shared letters muted; letters that set ugly and ulla apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ugly and ulla follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for ugly / ulla
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ugly is anadjective and ullaanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ugly is recorded at frequency rank #49,317, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʌɡli]. ulla is at rank #24,155, tagged as anunknown, 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 73472, this pair ranks #359,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ugly vs ulla
Shared letters: lu. Private to "ugly": gy. Private to "ulla": a.
"ugly" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "ulla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ugly" and "ulla" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ugly" vs "ulla" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "ugly" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ulla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ugly" and "ulla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ugly vs ulli". 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 #359,468 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.