factoid

What does factoid mean?

factoid means "something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in factoid?

factoid has 2 syllables: fac-toid. The stress falls on "fac". In IPA it is /ˈfækˌtɔɪd/.

Is factoid a common word?

factoid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with factoid?

1 word rhymes with factoid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for factoid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.