yes sir
\jɛs sœʁ\
The verdict
“yes sir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjection exprimant la satisfaction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yes-sir · yes sir · French
yes sir · 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
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 sir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \jɛs sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « yes sir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
yes sir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \jɛs sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for yes sir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is yes sir, spelled Y-E-S- -S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Interjection exprimant la satisfaction.
- 2Sert à approuver une idée (parfois ironiquement).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yes sir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yes sir, ça c’est la vraie vie.
Le capitalisme pour sauver la planète : yes sir
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.