Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contrary to fact

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
con-trary -to -fact
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

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What does contrary to fact mean?
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

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