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 outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de con comme une valise sans poignée.

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)

Where “con comme une valise” sits in French frequency

con comme une valise falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for con comme une valise is 20 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\. 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: "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.

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.
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Using “con comme une valise”

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- -V-A-L-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.liz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list