tsundere

\tsun.de.ʁe\

/\tsun.de.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“tsundere” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Un personnage ayant au premier abord une personnalité distante, hautaine, voire violente et qui révèle une personnalité affectueuse et tendre par la suite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tsundere · tsundere · French

tsundere · 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 "T" 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.

Key facts for tsundere
PropertyValue
Headwordtsundere
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tsun.de.ʁe\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “tsundere” se place dans la fréquence du français

tsunderesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

tsundere is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tsun.de.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un personnage ayant au premier abord une personnalité distante, hautaine, voire violente et qui révèle une personnalité affectueuse et tendre par la suite.".

tsundere has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tsundere, spelled T-S-U-N-D-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un personnage ayant au premier abord une personnalité distante, hautaine, voire violente et qui révèle une personnalité affectueuse et tendre par la suite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tsundere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Suga est considéré par certains fans comme étant tsundere.
  2. Ce sont les deux garçons dans la catégorie “tsundere” dont la popularité ne cesse de grandir ! Pourtant ils refusent systèmatiqueme d’être pris en photo !!

Synonyms

tsunshuntsungire

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 "tsundere"?
"tsundere" is spelled T-S-U-N-D-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tsun.de.ʁe\.
What does "tsundere" mean?
As a noun, "tsundere" means: Un personnage ayant au premier abord une personnalité distante, hautaine, voire violente et qui révèle une personnalité affectueuse et tendre par la suite.
How do you pronounce "tsundere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tsundere" is \tsun.de.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tsundere" come from?
"tsundere" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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