In English and Spanish there are words that sound very similar, but mean something totally diferent. Here we present some of the most common words:
| A | A |
| actual (current, present) | actual (real, exacto) |
| asistir (to attend) | assist (ayudar) |
| atender (to pay attention) | attend (asistir) |
| B | B |
| balde (bucket) | bald (calvo) |
| basamento (base of a column) | basement (sótano) |
| bigote (moustache) | bigot (intolerante) |
| bizarro (brave, gallant) | bizarre (raro) |
| boda (wedding) | body (cuerpo) |
| bombero (firefighter) | bomber (bombardero, terrorista) |
| C | C |
| campo (countryside) | camp (campamento) |
| carpeta (folder) | carpet (alfombra) |
| chocar (crash, collide) | choke (ahogar, asfixiar) |
| casualidad (coincidence, chance) | casualty (victima) |
| cita (appointment) | city (ciudad) |
| codo (elbow) | code (código) |
| colegio (high school) | college (universidad) |
| complexión (body constitution) | complexion (tez, cutis) |
| contestar (to answer) | contest (concurso) |
| corresponder (to correspond) | correspond with (escribirse) |
| D | D |
| delito (crime) | delight (deleite) |
| desgracia (misfortune) | disgrace (vergüenza) |
| disgusto (annoyance) | disgust (asco, repugnancia) |
| decepción (disappointment) | deception (engaño) |
| despertar (to wake) | desperate (desesperado) |
| destituido (fired) | destitute (indigente) |
| E | E |
| embarazada (pregnant) | embarrassed (avergonzado) |
| empresa (company) | empress (emperatríz) |
| enviar (to send) | envy (envidia) |
| estrechar (to narrow) | stretch (elasticidad) |
| estimado (dear) | estimate (estimación) |
| éxito (success) | exit (salida) |
| F / G / I | F / G / I |
| fábrica (factory) | fabric (tela, tejido) |
| ganga (bargain) | gang (pandilla) |
| grosería (rudeness) | grocery (tienda de comestibles) |
| introducir (insert) | introduce (presentar) |
| L | L |
| largo (long) | large (grande) |
| lectura (reading) | lecture (conferencia, charla) |
| librería (bookstore) | library (biblioteca) |
| M / N / O | M / N / O |
| molestar (bother) | molest (agredir sexualmente) |
| nudo (knot) | nude (desnudo) |
| once (eleven) | once (una vez) |
| P | P |
| parada (stop) | parade (desfile) |
| pariente (relative) | parent (padre) |
| pie (foot) | pie (pastel) |
| preocupado (worried) | preoccupied (distraído) |
| R | R |
| realizar (carry out) | realize (darse cuenta de) |
| recordar (to remember) | record (documento) |
| ropa (clothes) | rope (cuerda) |
| S | S |
| sano (healthy) | sane (cuerdo) |
| sensible (sensitive) | sensible (sensato) |
| sopa (soup) | soap (jabón) |
| soportar (to resist) | support (apoyo) |
| suceso (event) | success (éxito) |
| U / V | U / V |
| últimamente (recently) | ultimately (al final) |
| vaso (glass) | vase (jarrón) |