Is there a term for words that are spelled identically in a foreign language and have the same meaning (regardless of whether they sound the same)?
Learn English – term for words that are spelled the same in a foreign language
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The word you could be looking for is variant
Definition:
1 obsolete : variable
2 : manifesting variety, deviation, or disagreement
3 : varying usually slightly from the standard form
(examples) variant readings; variant spellings
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The closest I believe is "cognate" (from Merriam-Webster Online ):
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a: related by descent from the same ancestral language
b: of a word or morpheme : related by derivation, borrowing, or descent
However, translators must beware of cognates, because the meaning and usage often varies in subtle ways between languages. For instance, "mist" in German" is what farmers put on the field at night, causing a steam (ie a 'mist') to appear above the field the next morning that obscures sight.