Similar words
plat
Worth distinguishing: vaisselle is dishes collectively (for washing up); plat is a single serving dish.
Similar in other languages
German
Speise
Close, figuratively — dishes relates to a dish, food.
English
dish
Close — dishes (collectively) relates to a dish.
Practice
1 What does vaisselle mean?
dishes, dishwashing
2 Fill the gap: Il fait la ___ après le dîner.
Full sentence: Il fait la vaisselle après le dîner. (He does the dishes after dinner.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches vaisselle?
vaisselle: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.