con comme une meule
\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿yn møl\
The verdict
“con comme une meule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Particulièrement stupide, d’une grande bêtise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-con-comme-une-meule · con comme une meule · French
con comme une meule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « con comme une meule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
con comme une meule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿yn møl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how con comme une meule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Déjà, à la base, un Burgonde, c'est con comme une meule, alors celui-là ! Ah, vous pouvez pas savoir c'que c'est que de tomber interprète avec un engin pareil ! (bruit de pet) Tiens, vous voyez ?
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.