factum
noun
factum is a noun meaning “Somebody's own act and deed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-C-T-U-M, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of factum is facta or factums.
What does factum mean?
noun
- 1
Somebody's own act and deed.
Fraud in the factum
- 2
Anything stated and made certain.
- 3
The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.
- 4
CanadaA statement of fact and law delivered before a court.
- 5
obsoleteA product (result of multiplying two numbers).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of factum
- facta plural
- factums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is factum?
Factum appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 factum come from?
From Latin factum. See fact.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).