# fished vs fixed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fished
*verb · IPA /fɪʃt/ · frequency rank #26,089*
simple past and past participle of fish

### fixed
*verb · IPA /fɪkst/ · frequency rank #2,042*
simple past and past participle of fix

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