# ultimate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈʌltɪmət/ · frequency rank #2,869

## Definitions
1. Final; last in a series.
2. Last in a word or other utterance.
3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
5. That will happen at some time; eventual.
6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

## Etymology
* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.

## Easily confused with
- **ultimatum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ultimate-vs-ultimatum)
- **ultimately** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ultimate-vs-ultimately)
- **ultima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ultima-vs-ultimate)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lutimate`, `ulitmate`, `ulltimate`, `ultiamte`, `ultimaet`, `ultimatte`, `ultimmate`, `ultimtae`, `ultmiate`, `ulttimate`, `utlimate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ultimate