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  w↔v

Wrong:
There is no German car named BMV.
We do not say "Wery Well".
No internet addresses start vvv (but millions start with the letters www).

Words that are similar in English and Swedish:
(Perhaps 1 of 3 Eng. words that start with ”w” start with ”v” in Swedish.)
wade : vada : [verb]
waffle : våffla : [noun]
wag: vagar : [verb]. The dog wags her tail.
waggon: vagn : [noun]
wait : vänta : [verb]. Wait here. I will come back soon.
wait : vänta sig : [verb]
wait for : forvänta : [verb]
wait for : vänta : [verb]
wait for : vänta sig : [verb]
waiter : vaktmästare : [noun]
waiting room : väntsal : [noun]
waiting room : väntrum : [noun]
waiting-room : väntrum : [noun]
waiting-room : väntsal : [noun]
wake : vakna : [intr. verb]
wake : väcka : [verb]
wake up : väcka : [verb]. It is time to wake up. The sun is in the sky.
wake up : vakna : [intr. verb]
wall : vägg : [noun]. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is fairest of them all?
walnut : valnöt : [noun]
walrus : valrus : [noun]. Walruses live in the sea.
waltz : vals : [noun] . Waltz is a dance.
wampum.    Wampum is money.
wares : vara : [noun]
warm : varm : [adj.]. Warm or cold?
warmth : värme : [noun]
warn : varna : [verb]. Warning! Danger!
warn : varsko : [verb]
was : var : [verb]. He was here!
wart : vårta : [noun]
watch over : vakta : [verb]
water : vatten : [noun]
water-closet : wc : [noun]
waterfall : vattenfall : [noun]
Watt : vatt. 75 Watts, 60 Watts, or 40 Watts?
waves : vågor. Waves in the sea.
wax : vax : [noun]
way : vana : [noun]
way : väg : [noun]
we : vi :
weak. Not strong.
weapon : vapen : [noun]
weasel : vessla : [noun]
weasel : vessla : 
weather : väder : [noun]
weave : väva : [verb
week : vecka : [noun]. A week has 7 days.
week-end : veckoslut : [noun]
weigh : väger. She weighs 30 kg.
weight : vikt : [noun]
welcome : välkommen. Welcome to our house. 
well : väl : [adv.]
were : var. Were you there?
west : väster : [noun]. West, East, North or South?
West : väst : [noun]
West : väster : [noun]
West Indies : Västindien : [noun, gen]
western : västra : [adj.]
western : västlig : [adj.]
wet : våt : [adj.]. Wet or dry?
whale : val : [noun]
whale : valfisk : [noun]
what : vad : [noun]
wheat : vete : [noun]
whence : varifrån : [adv.]
where : varthän : 
where : var : [adv.]
where : vart : 
where : var : [adv.]
which : vem : 
which : vilken : 
which one's : vars : 
whisper : viska : [verb]
whisper : tissla : [verb]
white : vit : [noun]
white : vit : [adj.]
white : hvit : 
whither : vart : 
who : vilken : 
who : vem : 
whose : vars : 
wide : vid : [adj.]
width : vidd : [noun]
wild : vild : [adj.]
wild : vildsint : [adj.]
wild boar : vildsvin : [noun]
wild duck : and : [noun]
will : vilja : [noun]
willingness : vilja : [noun]
wind : vind : [noun]
wine : vin : [noun]
wing : vinge : [noun]
winter : vinter : [noun]
winter : vinterlig : [adj.]
winter- : vinterlig : [adj.]
wisdom : visdom : [noun]
wisdom : vishet : [noun]
wise : vettig : [adj.]
wish : vilja : [noun]
wish : vilja : [verb]
with : vid : [prep.]
wolf : varg : [noun, irreg. pl]
work : verka : 43
work : verk : [noun, reg. Pl]
world : värld : [noun]
worth : värde : [noun]
worth : valör : [noun]
worthless : värdelös : [adj.]
worthy : värdig : [adj.]

  z↔s

source: CWF
s can sound like z in zoo:
is  •   goes  •   was  •   his  •   desert

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1. The bandage was   wound   around the   wound.
2. The farm was used to   produce  the   produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to   refuse  more   refuse.
4. We must   polish  the   Polish   furniture.
5. He could   lead   if he would get the   lead   out.
6. The soldier decided to   desert   his   dessert   in the  desert.
7. There's no time like the   present*, so it was time to   present   the   present*.
8. A   bass*  was painted on the head of the   bass*  drum.
9. When shot at, the   dove   dove   into the bushes.
10. I did not   object  to the   object.
11. The insurance was   invalid   for the   invalid.
12. There was a   row   among the oarsmen about how to   row.
13. They were too   close to the door to   close   it.
14. The buck   does   funny things when the   does   are present.
15. A seamstress and a   sewer   fell down into a   sewer   line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his   sow   to   sow.
17. The   wind  was too strong to   wind   the sail.
18. Upon seeing the   tear   in the painting I shed a   tear.
19. I had to   subject  the   subject   to a series of tests.
20. How can I   intimate   this to my most   intimate   friend?

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* The words marked with an asterix ( * ) sound the same, are "homonyms".
   All the rest are hetronyms. More info.