ultraconservative

adj

"ultraconservative" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ultraconservative” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremely conservative, especially in politics.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ultraconservative · ultraconservative · English

ultraconservative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for ultraconservative
PropertyValue
Headwordultraconservative
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ultraconservative” in English

ultraconservativefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ultraconservative is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extremely conservative, especially in politics.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ultraconservative in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ultra- + conservative. The correct English form is ultraconservative, spelled U-L-T-R-A-C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extremely conservative, especially in politics.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ultraconservative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The John Birch Society is an ultraconservative political group in the USA.
  2. Since his reelection in November, Trump has successfully talked ultraconservative House Republicans into backing a number of difficult votes on spending.

Etymology

From ultra- + conservative.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ultraconservative"?
"ultraconservative" is spelled U-L-T-R-A-C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-V-E.
What does "ultraconservative" mean?
As an adjective, "ultraconservative" means: Extremely conservative, especially in politics.
What is the origin of the word "ultraconservative"?
From ultra- + conservative. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list