Otaku

noun

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The verdict

“Otaku” is an uncommon French word, ranked #61,756 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#61,756
frequency rank, French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Otaku, amateur de mangas et autres produits de la culture populaire japonaise.

Key facts for Otaku
PropertyValue
HeadwordOtaku
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Otaku” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Otaku lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Otaku is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #61,756 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Otaku, amateur de mangas et autres produits de la culture populaire japonaise.".

Otaku doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Otaku, spelled O-T-A-K-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Otaku, amateur de mangas et autres produits de la culture populaire japonaise.

Synonyms

FanFreakNerdMangafanAnimefanFanatikerGeek

Antonyms

Hasser

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Otaku"?
"Otaku" is spelled O-T-A-K-U.
What does "Otaku" mean?
As a noun, "Otaku" means: Otaku, amateur de mangas et autres produits de la culture populaire japonaise.
What language does "Otaku" come from?
"Otaku" is a French 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 “Otaku”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is O-T-A-K-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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