How similar are French and English?

How similar are French and English? Similarities & Differences between French and English As I sat in my first ever French class, I couldn’t help but notice similarities between English and French words popping up constantly. “La table” looked a lot like “table”, “le stylo” reminded me of “stylus”, and so on. But just as I was getting the hang of these easy cognates, I would be tripped up by…