的确【díquè】

的确 confirms a statement: it is true, and the speaker vouches for it. It goes after the subject, before the verb or adjective.

It often agrees with what someone else has said, or admits a point before going on.

It can also open the sentence with a comma, as a short "indeed".

的的确确 is the emphatic form.

的确 or 确实

The two are interchangeable as adverbs, and 确实 is the more common in speech. 确实 is also an adjective, "true, reliable"; 的确 is only an adverb.

• × 这个消息很的确 → 这个消息很确实