il est de fait que

\i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\

/\i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\/ conj

The verdict

“il est de fait que” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a conjunction - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Il est sûr que… ; il faut convenir que… ; il faut reconnaître que.

Key facts for il est de fait que
PropertyValue
Headwordil est de fait que
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “il est de fait que” sits in French frequency

il est de fait que falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for il est de fait que is 18 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Il est sûr que… ; il faut convenir que… ; il faut reconnaître que.".

No misspelling variants are generated for il est de fait que in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is il est de fait que, spelled I-L- -E-S-T- -D-E- -F-A-I-T- -Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Il est sûr que… ; il faut convenir que… ; il faut reconnaître que.

Synonyms

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "il est de fait que"?
"il est de fait que" is spelled I-L- -E-S-T- -D-E- -F-A-I-T- -Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\.
What does "il est de fait que" mean?
As a conjunction, "il est de fait que" means: Il est sûr que… ; il faut convenir que… ; il faut reconnaître que.
How do you pronounce "il est de fait que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "il est de fait que" is \i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “il est de fait que”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-L- -E-S-T- -D-E- -F-A-I-T- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \i.l‿ɛ də fɛt kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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