Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truth is stranger than fiction

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: truth is s-tranger than -fic-tion
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.

Example Sentences

"It has often been said that truth is stranger than fiction. But what writer of the most extravagant fiction could have thought up such a life as that of William Kiffin? A poor orphan becoming one of the wealthiest merchants in the country; […]"
"In the end, truth is stranger than fiction: reality has more complications, more unanticipable twists and turns than fiction could ever imagine."

Etymology

Attributed to Lord Byron.

Inflected Forms

fact is often stranger than fiction (alternative) fact is stranger than fiction (alternative) truth is often stranger than fiction (alternative)

Phrases

life imitates art straight out of Black Mirror

Frequently Paired Words

life imitates art straight out of Black Mirror

Questions

What does truth is stranger than fiction mean?: Sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.
Where does truth is stranger than fiction come from?: Attributed to Lord Byron.

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