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List of false friends
See [[false cognate]], [[false friend]], [[list of words]], [[list of reference tables]], [[List of English-French Faux Amis]]


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<caption>Examples of false friends between [[English language|English]] and other languages</caption>
<tr>
<th>Non-English word
<th>Which resembles English
(contracted; show full)<td>flesh

<tr>
<td>chat ([[French language|French]])
<td>chat (conversation)
<td>cat


<tr>
<td>check ([[Swedish language|Swedish]])
<td>check
<td>bank cheque

<tr>
<td>chef ([[French language|French]], [[German language|German]])
<td>chef
<td>boss

<tr>
(contracted; show full)<td>[[ankle]]

<tr>
<td>you (&#26377;) ([[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]])
<td>you
<td>to have

</table>