Which to use
“ultra” is an adverb and “updates” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,146
- “ultra” frequency rank
- #9,475
- “updates” frequency rank
- 17621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ultra | updates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiter hinaus, jenseits, dahinter | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs update |
Letter map: ultra vs updates
Shared letters muted; letters that set ultra and updates apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ultra / updates
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ultra is anadverb and updatesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ultra is recorded at frequency rank #8,146, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. updates is at rank #9,475, tagged as averb, 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 17621, this pair ranks #1,925,770 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ultra vs updates
Shared letters: atu. Private to "ultra": lr. Private to "updates": deps.
"ultra" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "updates" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ultra" and "updates" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "ultra" or "updates" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "ultra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "updates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,925,770 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ultra" and "updates" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs updates". 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 #1,925,770 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.