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factuel

French, adjective/fak.tɥɛl/

factuel is spelled F-A-C-T-U-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Factuel is a French adjective meaning “factual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux faits ou à ce qui est réel”.

What does factuel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    factual

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif aux faits ou à ce qui est réel.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of factuel

  • factuelle feminine
  • factuels masculine plural
  • factuelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce factuel?

  • /fak.tɥɛl/
  • \fak.tɥɛl\
  • \fact.ɥɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to factuel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is factuel in French?

factuel appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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