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Russian and Ukrainian: false friends

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These words (Russian) look or sound like Ukrainian words but mean something else. They were found automatically by sound, so some are chance coincidences.

  • means “leaf”
    Ukrainian: листок
    means “letter (message)”
    Russian: письмо
  • means “week”
    Ukrainian: тиждень
    means “Sunday”
    Russian: воскресенье
  • means “hour”
    Ukrainian: година
    means “time”
    Russian: время
  • means “door”
    Ukrainian: двері
    means “yard”
    Russian: двор
  • means “place”
    Ukrainian: місце
    means “city”
    Russian: город
  • means “revenge”
    Ukrainian: помста
    means “bridge”
    Russian: мост
  • means “speech”
    Ukrainian: мова
    means “thing”
    Russian: вещь
  • means “Moon”
    Ukrainian: Місяць
    means “echo”
    Russian: эхо
  • means “marriage”
    Ukrainian: шлюб
    means “lack”
    Russian: отсутствие
  • means “weight”
    Ukrainian: вага
    means “axis”
    Russian: ось
  • means “sphere”
    Ukrainian: сфера
    means “layer”
    Russian: слой
  • means “villain”
    Ukrainian: лиходій
    means “thief”
    Russian: вор
  • means “point”
    Ukrainian: крапка
    means “clause”
  • means “gay”
    Ukrainian: ґей
    means “hey”
    Russian: эй
  • means “sing”
    Ukrainian: співати
    means “sweat”
    Russian: пот
  • means “nice”
    Ukrainian: добрий
    means “sweetheart”
    Russian: возлюбленный
  • means “highland”
    Ukrainian: нагір'я
    means “upstairs”
    Russian: наверху
  • means “rot”
    Ukrainian: гнити
    means “oppression”
    Russian: гнёт

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