How common is heteronymity in non-English languages?

How common is heteronymity in non-English languages?
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I took four years of French in school, and while I’m not really fluent, I haven’t ever come across any that I can recall. That’s not to say there aren’t any, but I’d suspect that they aren’t too common.
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