bien sûr
\bjɛ̃ syʁ\
The verdict
“bien sûr” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Évidemment ; avec évidence ; certainement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bien-sur · bien sûr · French
bien sûr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | bien sûr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \bjɛ̃ syʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bien sûr » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bien sûr is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \bjɛ̃ syʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Évidemment ; avec évidence ; certainement.".
bien sûr doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bien sûr, spelled B-I-E-N- -S-Û-R.
Definition
- 1Évidemment ; avec évidence ; certainement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bien sûr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A l'époque, il ne disposait bien sûr pas d’ordinateur, il faisait les calculs à la main, et c'est pourquoi le nombre de trajectoires calculées était limité.
Il y a des exceptions à la règle, bien sûr. Les filles de dix-huit ans qui font du bonnet D, moulées dans du lycra , ça passe.
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.