fixed
/fɪkst/adjective, verb
fixed is spelled F-I-X-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fixed means “Attached; affixed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fixed?
| Letters | 5: F-I-X-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 50 times per million words; the 2,041st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is fixed?
Fixed appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st 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 fixed?
- /fɪkst/
- /fɪks(ᵻ)ɖ/
Fixed has one syllable (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: En-us-fixed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fixed
- more fixed comparative
- most fixed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fixed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Attached; affixed.
- 2
Unable to move; unmovable.
- 3
Unable to change or vary.
fixed assets
- 4
Unlikely to change; stable.
- 5
Chemically stable.
- 6
Supplied with what one needs.
She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- 7
Recorded on a permanent medium.
In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.
- 8
informalSurgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
a fixed tomcat
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of fix
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fixed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fixé , castré, châtré |
| German | fixiert, fix , kastriert, sterilisiert, verschnitten |
| Portuguese | fixado, fixo |
| Spanish | fijo, fijado |
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.