User:Wavelength/About languages/Similar words

English

 * can, can't
 * billion, million
 * hither, thither
 * sweet pea, sweet tea, unsweet tea
 * dog, frog, hog
 * bat, cat, rat
 * cow, sow
 * louse, mouse
 * lice, mice
 * goose, moose
 * fox, ox
 * porpoise, tortoise
 * guppy, puppy
 * goose, mongoose
 * lion, sea lion (and other examples with sea--check the dictionary for words starting with sea)
 * beagle, eagle, seagull
 * calf, giraffe
 * foal, mole, vole
 * lamb, ram
 * clam, salmon
 * auk, hawk
 * pigeon, widgeon
 * bear, hare, mare
 * buck, duck
 * beech, birch
 * pine, vine
 * berry, cherry
 * lilac, violet (colors and flowers)
 * pansy, tansy
 * Monday, someday, Sunday
 * December, September
 * eye, high
 * beard, ear
 * nose, toes
 * hip, lip
 * gum, thumb
 * lungtongue
 * chin, shin, skin
 * breast, chest
 * artery, heart rate
 * lad, lass
 * hyper-, hypo-
 * defuse, diffuse
 * homoiousian, homoousian
 * meiosis, mitosis
 * stalactite, stalagmite
 * supplant, supplement
 * mild, wild
 * adverse, averse
 * fame, shame
 * content, context
 * mild, wild
 * loathe, love
 * lag, lead
 * laggard, leader
 * pleasure, pressure
 * sesquicentennial, sesquincentennial
 * Dermaptera (order of earwigs), Dermoptera (order of colugos)

French

 * dessous ("below"), dessus ("above")
 * sous- ("under-"), sur- ("over-")
 * est ("east"), ouest ("west")
 * nez ("nose"), oreille ("ear")
 * genou ("knee"), joue ("cheek")
 * dent ("tooth"), langue ("tongue")
 * bras ("arm"), doigt ("finger")
 * les héros ("the héros"), les zéros ("the zeroes")
 * dix ("ten"), six ("six")
 * mère ("mother"), père ("father")
 * Aube, Aude
 * Maine, Mayenne
 * Ain, Aisne
 * Loir, Loire

German

 * drei ("three"), zwei ("two")
 * Juli ("July"), Juni ("June")
 * auf ("on"), aus ("out") (and their compunds)
 * Elbe, Elde
 * Schritt, Tritt

Greek

 * κακός ("bad"), καλός ("good")

Hindi

 * साठ ("sixty"), सात ("seven")

Italian

 * sei ("six"), tre ("three")
 * est ("east"), ovest ("west")

Japanese

 * ichi ("one"), shi ("four"), shichi ("seven")

Latin

 * ab ("from"), ad ("to, toward") (and some of their compounds)
 * aperīre ("to open"), operīre ("to close")
 * dē ("down from"), ē (out of")

Polish

 * korzyść ("benefit", noun), koszt ("cost", noun)
 * miejski ("urban"), wiejski ("rural")
 * przedrostek ("prefix"), przyrostek ("suffix")
 * przeszłość ("past"), przyszłość ("future")
 * równy ("equal"), różny ("different")
 * wdech ("the act of breathing in"), wydech ("the act of breathing out")
 * wejście ("entrance"), wyjście ("exit")
 * wjazd ("entrance"), wyjazd ("exit")

Portuguese

 * abelha ("bee"), ovelha ("sheep")
 * leste ("east"), oeste ("west")
 * seis ("six"), três ("three")
 * Julho ("July"), Junho ("June")

Russian

 * девять ("nine") and десять ("ten")
 * глаза ("eyes"), голова ("head"), голоса ("voices")
 * голодний ("hungry"), холодний ("cold")
 * свет ("light"), цвет ("color")
 * в- ("into"), вы- ("out of")
 * пока ("for the present time"), пора ("time")
 * приходить ("to arrive"), проходить
 * дедский ("of elderly people"), детский ("of children")
 * весенний ("of spring"), осенний ("of autumn")
 * междометие ("interjection"), местоимение ("pronoun")
 * междугородный, междугородный ("interurban"), международный ("international")

Spanish

 * abeja ("bee"), oveja ("sheep")
 * este ("east"), oeste ("west")
 * seis ("six"), tres ("three")
 * Julio ("July"), Junio ("June")
 * calamar ("squid"), camarón ("shrimp"), caracol ("snail")

Ukrainian

 * Березень ("March"), Вересень ("September")

Multilingual

 * raion (multilingual: "district"), rione (Italian: "quarter, neighborhood")