# fire vs fixen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### fire
*num · IPA [ˈfiːɔ] · frequency rank #7,171*
vier

### fixen
*verb · IPA [ˈfɪksn̩] · frequency rank #21,967*
sich eine (Drogen-)Spritze setzen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fire-vs-fixen