con comme une valise

\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\

/\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\/ adj

The verdict

“con comme une valise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de con comme une valise sans poignée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-con-comme-une-valise · con comme une valise · French

con comme une valise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 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.

Key facts for con comme une valise
PropertyValue
Headwordcon comme une valise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « con comme une valise » en français

con comme une valisesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

con comme une valise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de con comme une valise sans poignée.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for con comme une valise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is con comme une valise, spelled C-O-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -V-A-L-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de con comme une valise sans poignée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how con comme une valise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il faut dire qu’elle était conne comme une valise et s’amusait à nous punir pour tout et n’importe quoi.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "con comme une valise"?
"con comme une valise" is spelled C-O-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -V-A-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\.
What does "con comme une valise" mean?
As an adjective, "con comme une valise" means: Variante de con comme une valise sans poignée.
How do you pronounce "con comme une valise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "con comme une valise" is \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "con comme une valise" come from?
"con comme une valise" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list