Finnish and Polish come from completely different language families — Finnish is Uralic, Polish is Slavic — so you would expect their vocabularies to look nothing alike. Yet because both languages borrowed from the same international pool of Latin, Greek, French, and English roots, you end up with pairs like Finnish historia and Polish historia for history, or Finnish energia and Polish energia for energy, spelled the same or nearly so. This list sets such pairs side by side so you can see the pattern for yourself.
If you already know some Polish and are picking up Finnish (or the reverse), this shared layer of loanwords is a shortcut: you are not memorising a brand-new word so much as learning a small spelling adjustment. Vocab Voyage turns each pair into a flashcard — you see the English prompt and type the Finnish word, with accents forgiven — and spaced repetition brings back the ones that trip you up until they stick.
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| # | English | Finnish | Polish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mom | mamma | mama |
| 2 | car | auto | auto |
| 3 | number | numero | numer |
| 4 | pair | pari | para |
| 5 | film | filmi | film |
| 6 | sex | seksi | seks |
| 7 | history | historia | historia |
| 8 | company | firma | firma |
| 9 | club | klubi | klub |
| 10 | test | testi | test |
| 11 | planet | planeetta | planeta |
| 12 | fact | fakta | fakt |
| 13 | idea | idea | idea |
| 14 | contact | kontakti | kontakt |
| 15 | professor | professori | profesor |
| 16 | line | linja | linia |
| 17 | partner | partneri | partner |
| 18 | kilometer | kilometri | kilometr |
| 19 | project | projekti | projekt |
| 20 | radio | radio | radio |
| 21 | business | bisnes | biznes |
| 22 | sum | summa | suma |
| 23 | energy | energia | energia |
| 24 | demon | demoni | demon |
| 25 | hall | sali | sala |
| 26 | material | materia | materiał |
| 27 | fan | fani | fan |
| 28 | virus | virus | wirus |
| 29 | alcohol | alkoholi | alkohol |
| 30 | commissioner | komisario | komisarz |
| 31 | video | video | wideo |
| 32 | internet | internet | internet |
| 33 | text | teksti | tekst |
| 34 | show | show | show |
| 35 | theory | teoria | teoria |
| 36 | form | forma | forma |
| 37 | kilo | kilo | kilo |
| 38 | rock | rock | rock |
| 39 | copy | kopio | kopię |
| 40 | magic | magi | magia |
| 41 | media | media | media |
| 42 | helicopter | helikopteri | helikopter |
| 43 | symbol | symboli | symbol |
| 44 | minister | ministeri | minister |
| 45 | mask | maski | maska |
| 46 | alibi | alibi | alibi |
| 47 | technology | teknologia | technologia |
| 48 | farm | farmi | farma |
| 49 | expert | ekspertti | ekspert |
| 50 | term | termi | termin |
| 51 | band | bändi | band |
| 52 | pizza | pizza | pizza |
| 53 | zombie | zombi | zombie |
| 54 | mass | massa | masa |
| 55 | clinic | klinikka | klinika |
| 56 | casino | kasino | kasyno |
| 57 | therapy | terapia | terapia |
| 58 | empire | imperiumi | imperium |
| 59 | penis | penis | penis |
| 60 | ambulance | ambulanssi | ambulans |
| 61 | golf | golf | golf |
| 62 | guitar | kitara | gitara |
| 63 | campaign | kampanja | kampania |
| 64 | will | testamentti | testament |
| 65 | studio | studio | studio |
| 66 | penny | penny | penny |
| 67 | album | albumi | album |
| 68 | conflict | konflikti | konflikt |
| 69 | sector | sektori | sektor |
| 70 | gangster | gangsteri | gangster |
| 71 | academy | akatemia | akademia |
| 72 | rhythm | rytmi | rytm |
| 73 | organism | organismi | organizm |
| 74 | congress | kongressi | kongres |
| 75 | vodka | vodka | wódka |
| 76 | committee | komitea | komitet |
| 77 | poker | pokeri | poker |
| 78 | record | record | rekord |
| 79 | tragedy | tragedia | tragedia |
| 80 | euro | euro | euro |
| 81 | mafia | mafia | mafia |
| 82 | fort | fort | fort |
| 83 | gallery | galleria | galeria |
| 84 | junior | juniori | junior |
| 85 | scandal | skandaali | skandal |
| 86 | metro | metro | metro |
| 87 | stadium | stadion | stadion |
| 88 | microphone | mikrofoni | mikrofon |
| 89 | happy | happy | happy |
| 90 | porter | porter | porter |
| 91 | democracy | demokratia | demokracja |
| 92 | cool | cool | cool |
| 93 | therapist | terapeutti | terapeuta |
| 94 | minus | miinus | minus |
| 95 | grill | grilli | grill |
| 96 | dvd | dvd | dvd |
| 97 | status | status | status |
| 98 | strategy | strategia | strategia |
| 99 | marijuana | marihuana | marihuana |
| 100 | dozen | tusina | tuzina |
| 101 | campus | kampus | kampus |
| 102 | pub | pubi | pub |
| 103 | philosophy | filosofia | filozofia |
| 104 | tare | tara | tara |
| 105 | mentor | mentori | mentor |
| 106 | tequila | tequila | tequila |
| 107 | jazz | jazz | jazz |
| 108 | farmer | farmer | farmer |
| 109 | psychology | psykologia | psychologia |
| 110 | manager | manageri | manager |
| 111 | tennis | tennis | tenis |
| 112 | adrenaline | adrenaliini | adrenalina |
| 113 | drama | drama | dramat |
| 114 | brandy | brandy | brandy |
| 115 | compromise | kompromissi | kompromis |
| 116 | martini | martini | martini |
| 117 | burger | burger | burger |
| 118 | popcorn | popcorn | popcorn |
| 119 | elegant | elegantti | elegancki |
| 120 | epidemic | epidemia | epidemia |
| 121 | sushi | sushi | sushi |
| 122 | laser | laser | laser |
| 123 | ufo | ufo | ufo |
| 124 | reactor | reaktori | reaktor |
| 125 | comedy | komedia | komedia |
| 126 | spaghetti | spagetti | spaghetti |
| 127 | baseball | baseball | baseball |
| 128 | samurai | samurai | samuraj |
| 129 | chili | chili | chili |
| 130 | biology | biologia | biologia |
| 131 | karate | karate | karate |
| 132 | protest | protesti | protest |
| 133 | pop | pop | pop |
| 134 | alpha | alfa | alfa |
| 135 | irony | ironia | ironia |
| 136 | hook | haka | hak |
| 137 | tornado | tornado | tornado |
| 138 | sympathy | sympatia | sympatia |
| 139 | harmony | harmonia | harmonia |
| 140 | cocoa | kaakao | kakao |
| 141 | blog | blogi | blog |
| 142 | trauma | trauma | trauma |
| 143 | blues | blues | blues |
| 144 | arena | areena | arena |
| 145 | bonus | bonus | bonus |
| 146 | bikini | bikini | bikini |
| 147 | storm | storm | sztorm |
| 148 | tango | tango | tango |
| 149 | concrete | betoni | beton |
| 150 | syndrome | syndrooma | syndrom |
| 151 | motto | motto | motto |
| 152 | cheerleader | cheerleader | cheerleaderka |
| 153 | metaphor | metafora | metafora |
| 154 | formula | formula | formuła |
| 155 | tick | tik | tik |
| 156 | marathon | maraton | maraton |
| 157 | logo | logo | logo |
| 158 | fez | fez | fez |
| 159 | aria | aria | aria |
| 160 | karaoke | karaoke | karaoke |
| 161 | racist | rasisti | rasista |
| 162 | scorpion | skorpioni | skorpion |
| 163 | bass | bass | bass |
| 164 | panda | panda | panda |
| 165 | curry | curry | curry |
| 166 | scalpel | skalpel | skalpel |
| 167 | drug addict | narkomaani | narkoman |
| 168 | guru | guru | guru |
| 169 | asthma | astma | astma |
| 170 | calories | kalori | kaloria |
| 171 | luxury | luksus | luksus |
| 172 | grail | graali | graal |
| 173 | rodeo | rodeo | rodeo |
| 174 | amulet | amulet | amulet |
| 175 | rabbi | rabbi | rabbi |
| 176 | cappuccino | cappuccino | cappuccino |
| 177 | algorithm | algoritmi | algorytm |
| 178 | turbo | turbo | turbo |
| 179 | pedophile | pedofiili | pedofil |
| 180 | sauna | sauna | sauna |
| 181 | bowl | bowl | bowl |
| 182 | tonic | tonic | tonik |
| 183 | asteroid | asteroidi | asteroid |
| 184 | android | androidi | android |
| 185 | pathologist | patologi | patolog |
| 186 | propaganda | propaganda | propaganda |
| 187 | psychiatry | psykiatria | psychiatria |
| 188 | espresso | espresso | espresso |
| 189 | flora | flora | flora |
| 190 | gala | gaala | gala |
| 191 | cobra | kobra | kobra |
| 192 | insulin | insuliini | insulina |
| 193 | punk | punk | punk |
| 194 | trance | trance | trance |
| 195 | fax | faksi | faks |
| 196 | hologram | hologrammi | hologram |
| 197 | diesel | diesel | diesel |
| 198 | domino | domino | domino |
| 199 | tofu | tofu | tofu |
| 200 | pillar | pilar | pilar |
The similarity is not inherited — it comes from both languages borrowing the same international vocabulary, largely from Latin, Greek, French and English. Words like firma (company) or planeetta/planeta (planet) reached both languages through that shared borrowing rather than through any direct link between Finnish and Polish.
For the pairs on this list, the English meaning given is the shared one. But the resemblance is only in the loanword root: it says nothing about how each word inflects, so treat every entry as a word to learn properly rather than a free pass.
Sign up with your email — no card and no password — and work through the pairs as flashcards, typing the Finnish word for each English prompt. Spaced repetition resurfaces the pairs you get wrong more often, so you spend more time on the ones that are not sticking.
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