yassuh

intj

"yassuh" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yassuh” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yassuh · yassuh · English

yassuh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for yassuh
PropertyValue
Headwordyassuh
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yassuh” in English

yassuhranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yassuh is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.".

Zero misspellings are on record for yassuh in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From yes sir. The correct English form is yassuh, spelled Y-A-S-S-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.

Etymology

From yes sir.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yassuh"?
"yassuh" is spelled Y-A-S-S-U-H.
What does "yassuh" mean?
As an interjection, "yassuh" means: A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.
What is the origin of the word "yassuh"?
From yes sir. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list