yes man
/jɛs mæn/
"yes-man" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yes man” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yes-man · yes man · English
yes man · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" 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 | yes man |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /jɛs mæn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yes man” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yes man is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /jɛs mæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yes man, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is yes man, spelled Y-E-S- -M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yes man appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Crowds of yes men elbowed one another out of the way, hoping to get a chance to kiss the boss's ring.
The function of a Vice-President is the job of a yes-man, as they call it in America.
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.