mais bien sûr
\mɛ bjɛ̃ syʁ\
The verdict
“mais bien sûr” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exprime le scepticisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mais-bien-sur · mais bien sûr · French
mais bien sûr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mais bien sûr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \mɛ bjɛ̃ syʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mais bien sûr » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mais bien sûr is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \mɛ bjɛ̃ syʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exprime le scepticisme.".
mais bien sûr doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mais bien sûr, spelled M-A-I-S- -B-I-E-N- -S-Û-R.
Definition
- 1Exprime le scepticisme.
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.