fixture
/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/noun, verb
fixture is spelled F-I-X-T-U-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fixture means “Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fixture is fixtures.
How many letters and syllables are in fixture?
| Letters | 7: F-I-X-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fixture?
Fixture appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 fixture?
- UK /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
- US /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/
- Australia /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
Fixture 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-us-fixture.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_fixture.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fixture?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fixture from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkstʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fixture
- fixtures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fixturing participle, present
- fixtured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fixture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
- 2
A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
- 3
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
- 4
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
- 5
CommonwealthIrelandUKA scheduled match.
- 6
A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
verb
- 1
To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
- 2
AustraliaTo schedule (a match).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fixture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Installation, Zubehörteil, festes Inventar, feste Einrichtung , Stammkunde, Institution |
| Spanish | fixtura , fixture, encuentro |
| French | habitué , rencontre , luminaire , fixture |
| Portuguese | presença habitual |
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.
Where does fixture come from?
Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).