tête de con
\tɛt də kɔ̃\
The verdict
“tête de con” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individu particulièrement désagréable, antipathique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-con · tête de con · French
tête de con · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tête de con |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt də kɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tête de con » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tête de con is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt də kɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Individu particulièrement désagréable, antipathique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tête de con in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 tête de con, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -C-O-N.
Definition
- 1Individu particulièrement désagréable, antipathique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tête de con appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Vous avez remarqué qu’il y a une grosse tête de con dans le groupe ? Je dis une, mais on en a peut-être plusieurs.
This word in other languages
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.