fixation
/fɪksˈeɪʃən/noun
fixation is spelled F-I-X-A-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fixation means “The act of fixing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fixation is fixations.
How many letters and syllables are in fixation?
| Letters | 8: F-I-X-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fixation?
Fixation appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fixation?
- US /fɪksˈeɪʃən/
Fixation has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fixation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fixation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fixation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fixation
- fixations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fixation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of fixing.
- 2
The state of being fixed or fixated.
- 3
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- 4
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
Near-synonym: gelling
- 5
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- 6
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
Near-synonym: obsession
- 7
A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- 8
Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fixation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fixation come from?
From Old French fixation. By surface analysis, fix + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).