fixity
/ˈfɪksɪti/noun
fixity is spelled F-I-X-I-T-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fixity means “The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fixity is fixities.
How many letters and syllables are in fixity?
| Letters | 6: F-I-X-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fixity?
Fixity appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 fixity?
- /ˈfɪksɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fixity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fixity
- fixities plural
- fixety
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fixity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation.
- 2
Something fixed.
- 3
The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix).
One may use a fixity declaration in Haskell to describe an operator's precedence and direction of associativity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fixity come from?
From fix + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).