factoide
Portuguese, noun/fakˈtɔj.d͡ʒi/
factoide is spelled F-A-C-T-O-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Factoide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “factoid (inaccurate statement believed to be true)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afirmação improvável que, de tanto ser repetida, acaba sendo aceita como verdade inquestionável”.
What does factoide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefactoid (inaccurate statement believed to be true)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide factoide
noun: 1. afirmação improvável que, de tanto ser repetida, acaba sendo aceita como verdade inquestionável 2. fato real ou fictício apresentado com personalismo, como forma de propaganda política
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of factoide
- factoides plural
- factóide alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce factoide?
- Brazil /fakˈtɔj.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [fakˈtɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- Brazil /fa.kiˈtɔj.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to factoide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is factoide in Portuguese?
factoide appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).