ultravsUngernTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#8,146
“ultra” frequency rank
#8,298
“Ungern” frequency rank
16444
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ultra Ungern
Definition weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter Staat in Europa: Ungarn

Letter map: ultra vs Ungern

Shared letters muted; letters that set ultra and Ungern apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
ultra
6 ch
Ungern

Grammar separator: ultra vs Ungern

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ultra is anadverb and Ungernaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ultra is recorded at frequency rank #8,146, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. Ungern is at rank #8,298, tagged as aname, 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 16444, this pair ranks #1,935,813 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ultra vs Ungern

Shared letters: ru. Private to "ultra": alt. Private to "Ungern": egn.

"ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "Ungern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ultralutra · ulltra · ulrta · ultar · ultrra · ulttra · utlra
  • Ungernnugern · ugnern · unegrn · ungenr · ungernn · ungerrn · unggern · ungren

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ultra" for "Ungern" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ultra" is an adverb and "Ungern" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ultra" vs "Ungern" - which ranks higher?
"ultra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,146 in our German list, against #8,298 for "Ungern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ultra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ungern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,935,813 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ultra" and "Ungern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Ungern". 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 #1,935,813 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