à la con
\a la kɔ̃\
The verdict
“à la con” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Sans aucune valeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-con · à la con · French
à la con · 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 "À" 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 | à la con |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la kɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la con is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la kɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans aucune valeur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à la con, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à la con, spelled À- -L-A- -C-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sans aucune valeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la con appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Mais moi, je me fous de vos consignes à la con, et je passerai quand même…
Putain de bordel de merde de bouquin à la con !
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.