ultramoderne

\yl.tʁa.mo.dɛʁn\

/\yl.tʁa.mo.dɛʁn\/ adj

The verdict

“ultramoderne” is uncommon French (frequency #64,854 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,854
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrêmement moderne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ultramoderne · ultramoderne · French

ultramoderne · rank #64,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,854
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH uel

Nearest frequency peer: uel (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ultramoderne »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ultramoderne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ultramoderne
PropertyValue
Headwordultramoderne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\yl.tʁa.mo.dɛʁn\
Letters12
Frequency rank#64,854
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ultramoderne » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ultramodernetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « uel » (#64,853), « understanding » (#64,855), « typographe » (#64,852). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « ultramoderne » est au #64,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ultramoderne is uncommon French at frequency #64,854 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \yl.tʁa.mo.dɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extrêmement moderne.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ultramoderne in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ultramoderne, spelled U-L-T-R-A-M-O-D-E-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrêmement moderne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et à la clinique, il y a tout pour ça, de belles installations, une salle d’op ultramoderne…
  2. Le porte-avions va être rééquipé, avec des installations dernier cri, pour repartir faire la guerre avec des moyens ultramodernes.

This word in other languages

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 "ultramoderne"?
"ultramoderne" is spelled U-L-T-R-A-M-O-D-E-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \yl.tʁa.mo.dɛʁn\.
What does "ultramoderne" mean?
As an adjective, "ultramoderne" means: Extrêmement moderne.
How do you pronounce "ultramoderne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ultramoderne" is \yl.tʁa.mo.dɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ultramoderne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list