False friends are French words that look like English words but have very different meanings — and they often cause confusion for learners.

Here are a few examples:

• Supporter in French means to put up with, not to support or to help.
• Rester means to stay, not to rest.
• Surveiller means to watch or to keep an eye on, not to survey or to examine.
• Assister means to attend, not to assist.
• Un car means a coach or bus. (In French, une voiture is a car.)
• Éventuellement means possibly or potentially.
• Finalement or pour finir means eventually in English.

You can find out more in Books 1 and 2 of my French Fantastique Series.