sim, senhor

phrase

The verdict

“sim, senhor” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - resposta formal a uma ordem superior nas forças armadas

Key facts for sim, senhor
PropertyValue
Headwordsim, senhor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sim, senhor” sits in Portuguese frequency

sim, senhor falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

sim, senhor is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

sim, senhor has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sim, senhor, spelled S-I-M-,- -S-E-N-H-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    resposta formal a uma ordem superior nas forças armadas
  2. 2
    expressa que se está ao dispor a quem se dirige
  3. 3
    expressa enfatização de uma ideia anteriormente proferida
  4. 4
    expressa espanto ou admiração

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sim, senhor"?
"sim, senhor" is spelled S-I-M-,- -S-E-N-H-O-R.
What does "sim, senhor" mean?
As a phrase, "sim, senhor" means: resposta formal a uma ordem superior nas forças armadas
What language does "sim, senhor" come from?
"sim, senhor" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “sim, senhor”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-M-,- -S-E-N-H-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list