# fina vs fix

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fina
*contraction · frequency rank #36,558*
African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

### fix
*verb · IPA /ˈfɪks/ · frequency rank #1,826*
To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

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