con comme un balai sans manche
\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿œ̃ ba.lɛ̃ sɑ̃ mɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“con comme un balai sans manche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 30
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stupide au plus haut point.
Corpus desk
Index FR-con-comme-un-balai-sans- · con comme un balai sans manche · French
con comme un balai sans manche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 30 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | con comme un balai sans manche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿œ̃ ba.lɛ̃ sɑ̃ mɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 30 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « con comme un balai sans manche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
con comme un balai sans manche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿œ̃ ba.lɛ̃ sɑ̃ mɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stupide au plus haut point.".
con comme un balai sans manche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is con comme un balai sans manche, spelled C-O-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -B-A-L-A-I- -S-A-N-S- -M-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Stupide au plus haut point.
Synonyms
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.