factfinder
noun
factfinder is a noun meaning “In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-C-T-F-I-N-D-E-R, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of factfinder is factfinders.
What does factfinder mean?
noun
- 1
In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
- 2
One who finds facts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of factfinder
- factfinders plural
- fact-finder
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is factfinder?
Factfinder appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does factfinder come from?
From fact + finder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).