Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de-facto

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
de--fac-to
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does de-facto mean?
Alternative form of de facto.

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