Which to use
“fixe” is an adjective and “fixed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,128
- “fixe” frequency rank
- #46,645
- “fixed” frequency rank
- 71773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fixe | fixed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fix | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs fix |
Letter map: fixe vs fixed
Shared letters muted; letters that set fixe and fixed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for fixe / fixed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fixe is anadjective and fixedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fixe” sits inside “fixed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fixe is recorded at frequency rank #25,128, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɪksə]. 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 71773, this pair ranks #407,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fixe vs fixed
Shared letters: efix. Private to "fixe": -. Private to "fixed": d.
"fixe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fixed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fixe" for "fixed" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "fixe" or "fixed" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "fixe" vs "fixed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "fixe" 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 #407,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fixe" 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 #407,206 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.