waifu
\wɛj.fu\
The verdict
“waifu” is uncommon French (frequency #90,304 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,304
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage féminin fictif (généralement d’un manga, anime ou jeu vidéo) envers lequel quelqu’un est attiré, amoureux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-waifu · waifu · French
waifu · rank #90,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,304
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH wakeboard
Nearest frequency peer: wakeboard (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « waifu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voyageuses
voyageuses
9,701 corpus weight
- vénalité
vénalité
9,699 corpus weight
- waifu
waifu
9,697 corpus weight
- wakeboard
wakeboard
9,696 corpus weight
- Weah
Weah
9,694 corpus weight
- welker
welker
9,693 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « waifu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waifu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wɛj.fu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « waifu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
waifu is uncommon French at frequency #90,304 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wɛj.fu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for waifu in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 waifu, spelled W-A-I-F-U.
Definition
- 1Personnage féminin fictif (généralement d’un manga, anime ou jeu vidéo) envers lequel quelqu’un est attiré, amoureux.
- 2Personnage féminin d’une œuvre de fiction japonaise (tels que animes, manga, jeux vidéos &c.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how waifu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai passé mon aprem a regarder Toradora omg il est trop manifique cette animé: TAIGA WAIFU *-*
En waifu je voulais d’abord Mona ensuite Hu tao et puis surtout Yae Miko j’la kiffais grave ! Oh et rosaria aussi
Synonyms
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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.
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