connard

\kɔ.naʁ\

/\kɔ.naʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“connard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,831
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insulte désignant quelqu’un qui se comporte de façon déplaisante ou déplacée, par manque d’intelligence, de savoir-vivre ou de scrupules.

Corpus desk

Index FR-connard · connard · French

connard · rank #3,831 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,831
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comparer

Nearest frequency peer: comparer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « connard »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « connard » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

connard vs Conrad
57% similar
connard vs Connor
57% similar
connard vs Conner
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for connard
PropertyValue
Headwordconnard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.naʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,831
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « connard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).connardse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comparer » (#3,830), « conseillers » (#3,832), « communications » (#3,829). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « connard » est au #3,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around connard (IPA \kɔ.naʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,831 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Insulte désignant quelqu’un qui se comporte de façon déplaisante ou déplacée, par manque d’intelligence, de savoir-vivre ou de scrupules.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for connard, with forms such as "cconnard", "cnonard", and "conanrd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Conrad", "Connor", "Conner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is connard, spelled C-O-N-N-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insulte désignant quelqu’un qui se comporte de façon déplaisante ou déplacée, par manque d’intelligence, de savoir-vivre ou de scrupules.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On cria haro sur un figurant qui n’y pouvait mais, un connard qui n’avait pas compris ; quant aux gros, aux puissants, aux politicards, on n’y toucha pas…
  2. J'opine dans son sens : « On peut s'empêcher au moins d'être un vieillard ». Comment ? En secouant la sécheresse et l'ankylose du corps par une gymnastique des arpions ; la stagnation de l'âme et de l'esprit par d'autres exercices. L’âge vert a horreur des connards.

Synonyms

connaudconneau

This word in other languages

cunt(English)huevón(Español)Blödmann(Deutsch)idiota(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconnard
  • cnonard
  • conanrd
  • conard
  • connadr
  • connardd
  • connarrd
  • connrad
  • ocnnard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of connard - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconnard1cnonard2conanrd2conard1connadr2connardd1connarrd1connrad2
Edit distance from "connard"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "connard"?
"connard" is spelled C-O-N-N-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.naʁ\.
What does "connard" mean?
As a noun, "connard" means: Insulte désignant quelqu’un qui se comporte de façon déplaisante ou déplacée, par manque d’intelligence, de savoir-vivre ou de scrupules.
What words are commonly confused with "connard"?
"connard" is commonly confused with "Conrad", "Connor", "Conner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "connard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "connard" is \kɔ.naʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "connard" come from?
"connard" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "connard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devoirs#3,836cellule#3,824carbone#3,823éditeur#3,816

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

civils9 variantsvolant9 variantsglobal9 variantshésite9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list