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Which to use

“laitue” and “litre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,462
“laitue” frequency rank
#9,189
“litre” frequency rank
41651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laitue litre
Definition Nom usuel donné à la plupart des plantes du genre Lactuca, de la famille des Asteraceae (Astéracées), produisant du latex, et dont certaines espèces sont cultivées comme plantes potagères. Unité de capacité du système métrique égale à un décimètre cube (dm³), couramment employé pour mesurer les volumes.

Where the eye mixes laitue and litre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
laitue
5 ch
litre

Look-alike desk: laitue vs litre

A purely visual mix-up. laitue (\lɛ.ty\) and litre (\litʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laitue is recorded at frequency rank #32,462, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛ.ty\. litre is at rank #9,189, tagged as anoun, pronounced \litʁ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 41651, this pair ranks #231,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laitue vs litre

Shared letters: eilt. Private to "laitue": au. Private to "litre": r.

"laitue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "litre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laituealitue · laiteu · laittue · laiute · latiue · liatue · llaitue
  • litreiltre · lirte · liter · litrre · littre · llitre · ltire

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "laitue" and "litre" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\lɛ.ty\ versus \litʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "laitue" or "litre"?
"litre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,189 in our French list, against #32,462 for "laitue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laitue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "litre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #231,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laitue" and "litre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lafitte vs laitue". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #231,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list