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How to spell fact
What it means: A statement that can be proven true.
In a sentence: The fact is, puppies are adorable.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as fack or facte.
Same family: facts, factual, factor, factory, manufacture. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Fact” comes from Latin *factum*, meaning “a thing done” (from *facere*, “to do or make”). Over time, English shifted the meaning from “a deed” to “something known to be true,” which is how we use it today.
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