yandere
\jan.de.ʁe\
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 ...
Corpus desk
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yandere |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \jan.de.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yandere” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Personnage 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how yandere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je serai presque une Yandere. Ne laisser personne approcher mon crush ! Je dois faire quoi pour briser ce côté de moi ?
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
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