con comme une meule
\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿yn møl\
The verdict
“con comme une meule” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Particulièrement stupide, d’une grande bêtise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | con comme une meule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿yn møl\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “con comme une meule” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for con comme une meule is 19 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿yn møl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Particulièrement stupide, d’une grande bêtise.".
con comme une meule has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is con comme une meule, spelled C-O-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -M-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Particulièrement stupide, d’une grande bêtise.
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.
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Using “con comme une meule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -M-E-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿yn møl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.