fixings
noun
fixings is spelled F-I-X-I-N-G-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fixings means “The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fixings?
| Letters | 7: F-I-X-I-N-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th 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 fixings?
Fixings appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 fixings?
- US
Fixings 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fixings.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does fixings mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
all the fixings for a salad
- 2
Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
I'll have all of the fixings on Thanksgiving!
- 3
plural of fixing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fixings in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | accesorios, guarnición, fijaciones |
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.