devil's lettuce

noun

"devil-s-lettuce" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“devil's lettuce” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marijuana.

Corpus desk

Index EN-devil-s-lettuce · devil's lettuce · English

devil's lettuce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Key facts for devil's lettuce
PropertyValue
Headworddevil's lettuce
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “devil's lettuce” in English

devil's lettuceranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

devil's lettuce is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marijuana.".

devil's lettuce has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is devil's lettuce, spelled D-E-V-I-L-'-S- -L-E-T-T-U-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marijuana.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cannabis is deeply misunderstood. It has been hailed as a potential hero in the fight against all ailments, including cancer and the opioid epidemic. It has also been called the devil’s lettuce, with claims that its use will lead to laziness, madness, and even murder.

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 "devil's lettuce"?
"devil's lettuce" is spelled D-E-V-I-L-'-S- -L-E-T-T-U-C-E.
What does "devil's lettuce" mean?
As a noun, "devil's lettuce" means: Marijuana.
What language does "devil's lettuce" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list