Common Mistakes by Native Language
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🇪🇸
Spanish
Español
Popular
500M+20 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •Preposition confusion (for/to)
- •Make/Do distinction
- •False friends from Latin
🇵🇱
Polish
Polski
New
45M+20 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •Articles (none in Polish)
- •Present Perfect confusion
- •Double negatives
🇸🇦
Arabic
العربية
New
400M+20 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •P/B pronunciation
- •V/F pronunciation
- •Word order (VSO)
🇨🇳
Chinese
中文
1.3B+15 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •No articles
- •No verb conjugation
- •No plural markers
🇫🇷
French
Français
280M+15 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •False friends
- •Present Perfect confusion
- •Actually/Currently
🇧🇷
Portuguese
Português
260M+15 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •Similar to Spanish
- •For/To confusion
- •Make/Do distinction
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Russian
Русский
260M+15 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •Articles (none in Russian)
- •Present Perfect
- •Word order flexibility
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German
Deutsch
100M+12 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •Word order in questions
- •Present Perfect usage
- •False friends
🇮🇹
Italian
Italiano
85M+12 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •Similar to Spanish
- •Double consonants
- •False friends
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Japanese
日本語
125M+15 mistakes
Common patterns:
- •L/R pronunciation
- •Articles (none)
- •Plural markers
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📝 Grammar (45 mistakes)
📚 Vocabulary (38 mistakes)
🗣️ Pronunciation (22 mistakes)
🤝 False Friends (31 mistakes)
⏰ Tenses (28 mistakes)
📍 Prepositions (25 mistakes)
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