con comme une valise sans poignée
\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\
The verdict
“con comme une valise sans poignée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 33
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stupide, d’une grande bêtise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-con-comme-une-valise-san · con comme une valise sans poignée · French
con comme une valise sans poignée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 33 letters
- VOW-13 13 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 valise sans poignée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 33 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « con comme une valise sans poignée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
con comme une valise sans poignée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stupide, d’une grande bêtise.".
No misspelling variants are generated for con comme une valise sans poignée in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is con comme une valise sans poignée, spelled C-O-N- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -V-A-L-I-S-E- -S-A-N-S- -P-O-I-G-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Stupide, d’une grande bêtise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how con comme une valise sans poignée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est con comme une valise sans poignée. Gilles Martin-Chauffier, Une vraie Parisienne
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