# fixing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɪksɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,139

## Definitions
1. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
2. Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
3. See fixings.

## Easily confused with
- **fling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-fling)
- **flying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-flying)
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-frying)
- **fuming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-fuming)
- **fusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-fusing)
- **flexing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixing-vs-flexing)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-fixing)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-fixing)
- **filing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filing-vs-fixing)
- **fading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fading-vs-fixing)
- **faking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faking-vs-fixing)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-fixing)
- **finding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finding-vs-fixing)
- **fishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishing-vs-fixing)
- **failing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failing-vs-fixing)
- **filling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filling-vs-fixing)
- **filming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filming-vs-fixing)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitting-vs-fixing)
- **fairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairing-vs-fixing)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisting-vs-fixing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffixing`, `fiixng`, `fixign`, `fixingg`, `fixinng`, `fixnig`, `fixxing`, `fxiing`, `ifxing`

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