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How can I express the idea that one word sounds like another?

As a concrete example, I wanted to say, `「フライアー」sounds like 「fryer」`.

Looking in dictionaries
([wadoku](http://wadoku.de/search/klingen%20wie%C2%A0%E2%80%A6)/[jisho](http://beta.jisho.org/search/sound%20like))
for "sound like" turns up 「がましい」, but I could only find [one example sentence
with that phrase on tatoeba](http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/170904),
and it was used in a different way ("that sounds too forward").

Is there a better way to express what I want to say? Or, if がましい is actually
correct, how exactly would I use this expression?
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How to express "X sounds like Y"
I think you can use

> XXはYYのように聞こえる  
>  XXはYYみたいに聞こえる  
>  XXはYYに聞こえる  
>  XXはYYに(音が)似ている  
>  XXはYYみたい(だ)  
>  etc.

For example...

> 「Sit down please」は「しらんぷり」のように聞こえます。  
>  「I get off」って、「揚げ豆腐」みたいに聞こえるね。(casual)  
>  「フライアー」は、「fryer」に聞こえます。  
>  「You know me」は、「湯飲み」に(音が)似ていますね。  
>  「What time」って、「掘った芋」みたいだね。(casual)  
>

* * *

がましい is used in set phrases like
おこがましい、差し出がましい、未練がましい、押し付けがましい、言い訳がましい、恩着せがましい...
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