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See also How to say it in Lojban, malglico, Misleading Gismu Keywords, Swedish False Friends, Norwegian False Friends, Spanish False Friends

  • jezrax:
    • The gismu which are spelled the same as a common English word are these. I tried to make the list complete. There are near-misses; for example, gurni is like gurney. pruce is a rare English word; I will be unsurprised if many other gismu match up with rare English words.
    • crane curve glare mitre ruble santa since tuple

<tab class=wikitable> cipnrgru crane front ba'o, ki'u since snake midju centre centimetre mei tuple leg jdatro mapku, jgavelfendi mitre metre </tab>