ultravsUltrasWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
#23,338
“Ultras” frequency rank
31484
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ultra Ultras
Definition weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Ultra

Letter map: ultra vs Ultras

Shared letters muted; letters that set ultra and Ultras apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. ultra runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against Ultras's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
ultra
6 ch
Ultras

Role in the sentence - ultra and Ultras

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ultra is anadverb and Ultrasanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ultra” sits inside “Ultras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ultra is recorded at frequency rank #8,146, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. Ultras is at rank #23,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʊltʁas].

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 31484, this pair ranks #1,727,184 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ultra vs Ultras

Shared letters: alrtu. Private to "ultra": -. Private to "Ultras": s.

"ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "Ultras" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ultra ← lutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra
  • Ultras ← lutras · ulltras · ulrtas · ultars · ultrass · ultrras · ultrsa · ulttras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ultra" and "Ultras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ultra" is an adverb and "Ultras" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ultra" vs "Ultras" - which ranks higher?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #23,338 for "Ultras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "ultra" vs "Ultras" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ultra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ultras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,727,184 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ultra" and "Ultras" 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 #1,727,184 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