fixing
/ˈfɪksɪŋ/noun, verb
fixing is spelled F-I-X-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fixing means “The act of subverting (fixing) a vote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fixing is fixings.
How many letters and syllables are in fixing?
| Letters | 6: F-I-X-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th 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 fixing?
Fixing appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 fixing?
- /ˈfɪksɪŋ/
Fixing has 2 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: En-au-fixing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fixing
- fixings plural
- fina
- finna
- fixin'
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fixing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
- 2
UKSomething to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc.)
- 3
See fixings.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fix
- 2
slangGoing; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
It's fixing to rain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).