ullavsulliWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“ulla” and “ulli” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,155
“ulla” frequency rank
#32,322
“ulli” frequency rank
56477
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ulla ulli
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum des Indefinitpronomens ullus Dativ Singular des Indefinitpronomens ullus

Letter map: ulla vs ulli

Shared letters muted; letters that set ulla and ulli apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
ulla
4 ch
ulli

Corpus notes: ulla and ulli

ulla and ulli are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - a in “ulla” becomes i in “ulli”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ulla is recorded at frequency rank #24,155, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. ulli is at rank #32,322, 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 56477, this pair ranks #938,632 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ulla vs ulli

Shared letters: lu. Private to "ulla": a. Private to "ulli": i.

"ulla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ulli" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ullalula · ula · ulal
  • ulliluli · uli · ulil

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ulla" and "ulli" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - a in “ulla” becomes i in “ulli”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "ulla" vs "ulli" - which ranks higher?
"ulla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,155 in our German list, against #32,322 for "ulli". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ulla" and "ulli". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ulla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ulli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #938,632 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ulla" and "ulli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles 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 #938,632 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