con comme une valise sans poignée

Name: con comme une valise sans poignée, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\

/\kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\/ adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“con comme une valise sans poignée” 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: 33
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stupide, d’une grande bêtise.

Key facts for con comme une valise sans poignée
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)

Where “con comme une valise sans poignée” sits in French frequency

con comme une valise sans poignée 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 sans poignée is 33 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\. 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: "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

1
Stupide, d’une grande bêtise.

Synonyms

con comme la Lune con comme un balai con comme un balai sans manche

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 sans poignée"?

"con comme une valise sans poignée" is 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. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\.

What does "con comme une valise sans poignée" mean?

As an adjective, "con comme une valise sans poignée" means: Stupide, d’une grande bêtise.

How do you pronounce "con comme une valise sans poignée"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "con comme une valise sans poignée" is \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\. 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 sans poignée" come from?

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Using “con comme une valise sans poignée”

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- -S-A-N-S- -P-O-I-G-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \kɔ̃ kɔ.m‿y.nə va.li.zə sɑ̃ pwa.ɲe\ (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.