ipso facto
[ɪpso ˈfakto]
The verdict
“ipso facto” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine unabwendbare Folge nach sich ziehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ipso-facto · ipso facto · German
ipso facto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ipso facto |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɪpso ˈfakto] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ipso facto“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ipso facto is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ɪpso ˈfakto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine unabwendbare Folge nach sich ziehend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ipso facto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ipso facto, spelled I-P-S-O- -F-A-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1eine unabwendbare Folge nach sich ziehend
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.