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10 false friends in English and German

Falsche Freunde – also known as false cognates – are words that look and/or sound identical in both languages but have different meanings.

100 false cognates in French you should know

False cognates – also known as false friends – are words that look and/or sound identical in both languages but have very different meanings.

10 ultimate false friends in French and English

False friends – Are they good or bad? At this point, we’d accept any friend. All the same, you should watch out for these guys – they’re worse than Brutus, Judas and Benedict Arnold combined.