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Let’s talk about les faux amis. No, I’m not talking about bad friends (but you should avoid those, too!). Faux amis – literally meaning “false friends,” but more technically known as false cognates, are pairs of words in two different languages that look or sound alike, but that do NOT share the same meaning (or meanings).

While English and French share a plethora of terms, there are diverging roads…

Can you tell the difference between these pairs? Don’t be duped by these deceptive duos!