Similar words
chou
Worth distinguishing: laitue (lettuce) and chou (cabbage) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.
Similar in other languages
German
Kopfsalat
Kopfsalat is the German word for the same thing — both mean "lettuce."
Spanish
lechuga
lechuga is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "lettuce."
Practice
1 What does laitue mean?
lettuce
2 Fill the gap: Il coupe la ___ pour la salade.
Full sentence: Il coupe la laitue pour la salade. (He cuts the lettuce for the salad.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches laitue?
laitue: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.