ultime

\yl.tim\

/\yl.tim\/ adj

The verdict

“ultime” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,535
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dernier, final, le plus éloigné possible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ultime · ultime · French

ultime · rank #4,535 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,535
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH trouvera

Nearest frequency peer: trouvera (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ultime »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ultime » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ultime vs utile
67% similar
ultime vs ultimes
86% similar
ultime vs ultimate
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ultime
PropertyValue
Headwordultime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\yl.tim\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,535
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ultime »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ultimese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « trouvera » (#4,534), « veste » (#4,536), « trajet » (#4,533). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « ultime » est au #4,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ultime (IPA \yl.tim\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,535 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dernier, final, le plus éloigné possible.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ultime, with forms such as "lutime", "ulitme", and "ulltime". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "utile", "ultimes", "ultimate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ultime, spelled U-L-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dernier, final, le plus éloigné possible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux minutes après, […], il attendait dans une posture recueillie et digne les ultimes recommandations paternelles.
  2. À vrai dire, elle avait tourné quelques autres films à Hollywood après avoir participé aux ultimes tentatives avortées de Castle, mais c'étaient des nanars de série B. Pour elle, ces fragments étaient son dernier travail « sérieux ».

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lutime
  • ulitme
  • ulltime
  • ultiem
  • ultimme
  • ultmie
  • ulttime
  • utlime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ultime - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lutime2ulitme2ulltime1ultiem2ultimme1ultmie2ulttime1utlime2
Edit distance from "ultime"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ultime"?
"ultime" is spelled U-L-T-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \yl.tim\.
What does "ultime" mean?
As an adjective, "ultime" means: Dernier, final, le plus éloigné possible.
What words are commonly confused with "ultime"?
"ultime" is commonly confused with "utile", "ultimes", "ultimate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ultime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ultime" is \yl.tim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ultime" come from?
"ultime" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ultime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list