Nonplusultra

/[nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#88,076

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Nonplusultra is aGermannoun. It means: etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste Pronounced [nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa].

Key facts for Nonplusultra
PropertyValue
HeadwordNonplusultra
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa]
Letters12
Frequency rank#88,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Nonplusultra in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Nonplusultra is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,076 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Nonplusultra in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Nonplusultra, spelled N-O-N-P-L-U-S-U-L-T-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #88,076 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nonplusultra"?
"Nonplusultra" is spelled N-O-N-P-L-U-S-U-L-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa].
What does "Nonplusultra" mean?
As a noun, "Nonplusultra" means: etwas, das nicht mehr zu übertreffen ist, das Allerbeste
How do you pronounce "Nonplusultra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nonplusultra" is [nɔnplʊsˈʔʊltʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nonplusultra" come from?
"Nonplusultra" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.