fielvsfixedConfusable pair

Which to use

“fiel” and “fixed” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,550
“fiel” frequency rank
#46,645
“fixed” frequency rank
48195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fiel fixed
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fallen Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs fix

Letter map: fiel vs fixed

Shared letters muted; letters that set fiel and fixed apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
fiel
5 ch
fixed

Spelling & dictionary notes on fiel vs fixed

fiel and fixed are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fiel is recorded at frequency rank #1,550, classified as averb, pronounced [fiːl]. fixed is at rank #46,645, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 48195, this pair ranks #1,257,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fiel vs fixed

Shared letters: efi. Private to "fiel": l. Private to "fixed": dx.

"fiel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "fixed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fielfeil · ffiel · fiell · ifel
  • fixedffixed · fiexd · fixde · fixedd · fixxed · fxied · ifxed

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fiel" for "fixed" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "fiel" or "fixed"?
"fiel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,550 in our German list, against #46,645 for "fixed". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "fiel" and "fixed". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fiel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fixed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,257,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fiel" and "fixed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fixed vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,257,434 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list