sure thing
"sure-thing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sure thing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A polite reply to thank you.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sure-thing · sure thing · English
sure thing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sure thing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sure thing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sure thing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sure thing in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is sure thing, spelled S-U-R-E- -T-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A polite reply to thank you.
- 2An affirmative reply; yes; certainly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sure thing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Thanks a lot for your help." / "Sure thing!"
"Can you finish by tomorrow?" / "Sure thing!"
This word in other languages
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.