French and English are roughly on par for how terrible they are at this. Relevant concept here is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_depth https://en.

French and English are roughly on par for how terrible they are at this. Relevant concept here is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_depth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_depth Source: native French speaker and professional translator.