Which to use
“find” and “fix” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #169
- “find” frequency rank
- #1,826
- “fix” frequency rank
- 1995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | find | fix |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To locate | To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. |
Where the eye mixes find and fix
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. find (/faɪnd/) and fix (/ˈfɪks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
find is recorded at frequency rank #169, classified as averb, pronounced /faɪnd/. fix is at rank #1,826, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfɪks/.
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 1995, this pair ranks #526,103 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of find vs fix
Shared letters: fi. Private to "find": dn. Private to "fix": x.
"find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fix" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- find ← ffind · fidn · findd · finnd · fnid · ifnd