English Dutch homophones
A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another, but has a different meaning. Look at the list of English and Dutch homophones and compare their actual meanings.
| English word | Dutch meaning | Dutch false friend | English meaning |
| Acorn | Eikel | Eekhoorn | Squirrel |
| Arm | Arm | Arm | Poor |
| Ear | Oor | Eer | Honour |
| Copper | Koper | Kapper | Hairdresser |
| Dear | Geachte/beste | Dier | Animal |
| Leaf | Blad | Lief | Nice/kind |
| Mess | Troep | Mes | Knife |
| Oak | Eiken | Ook | Also |
| Rice | Rijst | Reis | a trip |
| Rye | Roggen | Rij | Queue / line of people |
| Spin | Draaien | Spin | Spider |
| Who | Wie | Hoe | How |
| Will | Zullen | Willen | Want |
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