fixate
/fɪkˈseɪt/
"fixate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fixate” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,890 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #65,890
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fixate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fɪkˈseɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fixate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fixate is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɪkˈseɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,890 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for fixate in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate. The correct English form is fixate, spelled F-I-X-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- 2To stare fixedly at something.
- 3To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
- 4To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.
Etymology
From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fixate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-I-X-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɪkˈseɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.