FTCE Professional Education Practice Exam

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What term describes words in different languages that appear similar but have different meanings?

False Cognates
True Cognates
Similar Lexemes
Language Divergents

The correct answer is: False Cognates

The term that describes words in different languages that appear similar but have different meanings is "False Cognates." False cognates can often lead to misunderstandings when language learners assume that these words have the same meaning based solely on their similar appearance or pronunciation. For instance, the English word "actual" means "real" or "true," while the Spanish word "actual" translates to "current" or "present." True cognates, on the other hand, are words in different languages that have similar meanings due to a shared origin, which is not the case here. Similarly, "Similar Lexemes" and "Language Divergents" do not specifically refer to the phenomenon of words that look alike but have different meanings, making those terms less applicable in this context.