yandere

\jan.de.ʁe\

/\jan.de.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“yandere” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personnage ayant une forte obsession et une forte possessivité envers son/sa crush, et qui est prêt·e à mettre en œuvre tous les moyens possibles, dont la violence et le meurtre, pour maintenir un ...

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Index FR-yandere · yandere · French

yandere · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for yandere
PropertyValue
Headwordyandere
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jan.de.ʁe\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “yandere” sits in French frequency

yandere falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French 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

yandere is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \jan.de.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personnage ayant une forte obsession et une forte possessivité envers son/sa crush, et qui est prêt·e à mettre en œuvre tous les moyens possibles, dont la violence et le meurtre, pour maintenir un ...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for yandere in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is yandere, spelled Y-A-N-D-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage ayant une forte obsession et une forte possessivité envers son/sa crush, et qui est prêt·e à mettre en œuvre tous les moyens possibles, dont la violence et le meurtre, pour maintenir un lien exclusif avec cellui-ci.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je serai presque une Yandere. Ne laisser personne approcher mon crush ! Je dois faire quoi pour briser ce côté de moi ?
  2. Yuno représente le stéréotype de la Yandere. Elle se montre timide et adorable devant son grand amour Yuki, mais lorsqu’elle se retrouve en situation de danger, elle est prise d’une véritable frénésie sanguinaire. Elle connaît toutes les méthodes possibles pour éliminer un adversaire et fait passer la sécurité de son « ami » avant tout.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yandere"?
"yandere" is spelled Y-A-N-D-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \jan.de.ʁe\.
What does "yandere" mean?
As a noun, "yandere" means: Personnage ayant une forte obsession et une forte possessivité envers son/sa crush, et qui est prêt·e à mettre en œuvre tous les moyens possibles, dont la violence et le meurtre, pour maintenir un ...
How do you pronounce "yandere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yandere" is \jan.de.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yandere" come from?
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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