How to say “similar” in 32 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Catalan, where i is the 7th most used word.
- Arabic تمثل to make oneself similar, to assimilate oneself #1,928
- Basque berdintsu #2,144
- Bengali মত like, similar to, resembling #78
- Catalan i and; used to connect two similar words,… #7
- Chinese 同志 someone sharing similar interests or… #484
- English lord One possessing similar mastery over others;… #536
- Esperanto simila #1,522
- Estonian samasugune the same kind of, alike, similar #1,317
- Finnish tavoin like, in a similar way as #1,808
- Galician semellante similar, alike #1,733
- Georgian ანუ Used to connect words of similar meaning when… #190
- German ähnlich similar, alike, resembling #1,800
- Hebrew דומה similar, resembling, alike #807
- Hindi समान #1,841
- Hungarian hasonló #1,159
- Icelandic líkur alike, similar, like, resembling #1,076
- Indonesian seperti Like; as though, similar to #33
- Italian simile #1,034
- Korean 비슷한 to be similar #679
- Latvian līdzīgs similar, alike #1,412
- Lithuanian panašus similar, alike #633
- Malay seperti like, similar to #46
- Malayalam കൂട്ട് like, similar #799
- Norwegian som as; similar to, in the same way that #20
- Persian شبیه similar, resembling #717
- Portuguese tipo like; comparable to; similar to #151
- Slovenian podoben #595
- Swedish damer a lady woman – similar tone to English in… #937
- Tagalog katulad like; similar to #262
- Telugu వంటి like, similar to #44
- Turkish gibi like, similar to #23
- Ukrainian схожий similar, alike #1,217
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.