Finnish and Turkish are not related languages, but both have taken in the same wave of international vocabulary — words for technology, travel, food, and modern life. The result is a set of pairs like kamera/kamera or pizza/pizza that look almost the same on the page, even though the grammar around them works completely differently.
This list puts those near-matches side by side, Finnish and Turkish, so you can see the small, repeatable spelling shifts at a glance. If you already speak one of the two languages, these are among the fastest words to add in the other — you are mostly learning to recognise a pattern rather than memorising from zero.
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| # | English | Finnish | Turkish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | control | kontrolli | kontrol |
| 2 | film | filmi | film |
| 3 | coffee | kahvi | kahve |
| 4 | field | alan | alan |
| 5 | sex | seksi | seks |
| 6 | camera | kamera | kamera |
| 7 | test | testi | test |
| 8 | risk | riski | risk |
| 9 | list | lista | liste |
| 10 | meter | metri | metre |
| 11 | professor | professori | profesör |
| 12 | video | video | video |
| 13 | kilometer | kilometri | kilometre |
| 14 | kilo | kilo | kilo |
| 15 | taxi | taksi | taksi |
| 16 | camp | camp | kamp |
| 17 | radio | radio | radyo |
| 18 | theory | teoria | teori |
| 19 | virus | virus | virüs |
| 20 | terrorist | terroristi | terörist |
| 21 | whiskey | viski | viski |
| 22 | technology | teknologia | teknoloji |
| 23 | pizza | pizza | pizza |
| 24 | posti | posta | |
| 25 | company | firma | firma |
| 26 | rock | rock | rock |
| 27 | helicopter | helikopteri | helikopter |
| 28 | champagne | samppanja | şampanya |
| 29 | politics | politiikka | politika |
| 30 | golf | golf | golf |
| 31 | internet | internet | internet |
| 32 | modern | moderni | modern |
| 33 | mask | maski | maske |
| 34 | media | media | medya |
| 35 | band | bändi | bando |
| 36 | piano | piano | piyano |
| 37 | zombie | zombi | zombi |
| 38 | lady | leidi | leydi |
| 39 | ambulance | ambulanssi | ambulans |
| 40 | studio | studio | stüdyo |
| 41 | form | forma | form |
| 42 | galaxy | galaksi | galaksi |
| 43 | chaos | kaaos | kaos |
| 44 | therapy | terapia | terapi |
| 45 | trauma | trauma | travma |
| 46 | gay | gay | gay |
| 47 | campaign | kampanja | kampanya |
| 48 | committee | komitea | komite |
| 49 | data | data | data |
| 50 | alpha | alfa | alfa |
| 51 | album | albumi | albüm |
| 52 | poker | pokeri | poker |
| 53 | crystal | kristalli | kristal |
| 54 | communist | kommunisti | komünist |
| 55 | fan | fani | fan |
| 56 | tennis | tennis | tenis |
| 57 | vodka | vodka | votka |
| 58 | sector | sektori | sektör |
| 59 | mafia | mafia | mafya |
| 60 | protocol | protokolla | protokol |
| 61 | euro | euro | euro |
| 62 | microphone | mikrofoni | mikrofon |
| 63 | gangster | gangsteri | gangster |
| 64 | dvd | dvd | dvd |
| 65 | liter | litra | litre |
| 66 | metro | metro | metro |
| 67 | strategy | strategia | strateji |
| 68 | theme | teema | tema |
| 69 | scandal | skandaali | skandal |
| 70 | comedy | komedia | komedi |
| 71 | karma | karma | karma |
| 72 | norm | normi | norm |
| 73 | drama | draama | drama |
| 74 | democracy | demokratia | demokrasi |
| 75 | super | super | süper |
| 76 | jet | jet | jet |
| 77 | cardinal | kardinaali | kardinal |
| 78 | orchestra | orkesteri | orkestra |
| 79 | partner | partneri | partner |
| 80 | term | termi | terim |
| 81 | samurai | samurai | samuray |
| 82 | laser | laser | lazer |
| 83 | cream | kerma | krema |
| 84 | coma | kooma | koma |
| 85 | pop | pop | pop |
| 86 | condom | kondomi | kondom |
| 87 | battery | akku | akü |
| 88 | radical | radikaali | radikal |
| 89 | protest | protesti | protesto |
| 90 | choir | kuoro | koro |
| 91 | bacteria | bakteeri | bakteri |
| 92 | adrenaline | adrenaliini | adrenalin |
| 93 | marijuana | marihuana | marihuana |
| 94 | burger | burger | burger |
| 95 | hippie | hippi | hippi |
| 96 | torpedo | torpedo | torpido |
| 97 | karate | karate | karate |
| 98 | cool | cool | cool |
| 99 | aspirin | aspiriini | aspirin |
| 100 | campus | kampus | kampüs |
| 101 | avatar | avatar | avatar |
| 102 | ego | ego | ego |
| 103 | concrete | betoni | beton |
| 104 | protein | proteiini | protein |
| 105 | reactor | reaktori | reaktör |
| 106 | sushi | sushi | suşi |
| 107 | spaghetti | spagetti | spagetti |
| 108 | psychologist | psykologi | psikolog |
| 109 | tango | tango | tango |
| 110 | meteor | meteori | meteor |
| 111 | jazz | jazz | jazz |
| 112 | pajamas | pyjama | pijama |
| 113 | ufo | ufo | ufo |
| 114 | cliché | klisee | klişe |
| 115 | blues | blues | blues |
| 116 | formula | formula | formül |
| 117 | cocoa | kaakao | kakao |
| 118 | global | global | global |
| 119 | panda | panda | panda |
| 120 | bonus | bonus | bonus |
| 121 | flora | flora | flora |
| 122 | mechanism | mekanismi | mekanizma |
| 123 | yo-yo | jojo | jojo |
| 124 | joker | jokeri | joker |
| 125 | fax | faksi | faks |
| 126 | artist | artisti | artist |
| 127 | karaoke | karaoke | karaoke |
| 128 | cobra | kobra | kobra |
| 129 | marathon | maraton | maraton |
| 130 | bikini | bikini | bikini |
| 131 | propaganda | propaganda | propaganda |
| 132 | asteroid | asteroidi | asteroit |
| 133 | organism | organismi | organizma |
| 134 | irony | ironia | ironi |
| 135 | blog | blogi | blog |
| 136 | bug | bug | bug |
| 137 | fiasco | fiasko | fiyasko |
| 138 | punk | punk | punk |
| 139 | vanilla | vanilja | vanilya |
| 140 | turbo | turbo | turbo |
| 141 | sadist | sadisti | sadist |
| 142 | tonic | tonic | tonik |
| 143 | bowl | bowl | bowl |
| 144 | tractor | traktori | traktör |
| 145 | empathy | empatia | empati |
| 146 | brandy | brandi | brendi |
| 147 | sound | sound | sound |
| 148 | kangaroo | kenguru | kanguru |
| 149 | guru | guru | guru |
| 150 | domino | domino | domino |
No. They belong to different language families, and the similarities in this list are not due to shared ancestry — they come from both languages borrowing the same international vocabulary.
Both languages have absorbed loanwords from the same international pool, which is why pairs like kamera/kamera or teoria/teori match closely even though the languages themselves are unrelated.
Scan for the spelling patterns first — Finnish often adds a final -i, or uses -tri where Turkish has -tre — then use the flashcards to type the Finnish form from the English prompt so the small differences stick instead of only looking familiar.
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