être fixé

\ɛtʁ fi.kse\

/\ɛtʁ fi.kse\/ verb

The verdict

“être fixé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - N’avoir plus de doute, d’incertitude sur quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etre-fixe · être fixé · French

être fixé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ê" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for être fixé
PropertyValue
Headwordêtre fixé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛtʁ fi.kse\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « être fixé » en français

être fixéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

être fixé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛtʁ fi.kse\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "N’avoir plus de doute, d’incertitude sur quelque chose.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for être fixé, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is être fixé, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -F-I-X-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    N’avoir plus de doute, d’incertitude sur quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how être fixé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C'était un clinicien extrêmement ferme et qui avait le sentiment de sa valeur. Appelé en même temps que Charcot au chevet d’Alphonse Daudet, souffrant d'une forte bronchite, il [Pierre Carle Édouard Potain] recommença l'auscultation que son illustre confrère venait d'achever, sans tenir aucun compte du « mais je suis fixé »› de celui-ci.
  2. – Nous ne l’avons pas identifiée avec certitude. Le Dr O’Neill y travaille. On a demandé le dossier dentaire de Camille Copeland. D’ici un jour ou deux, on sera fixés. Rien ne presse. On a d’autres chats à fouetter.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "être fixé"?
"être fixé" is spelled Ê-T-R-E- -F-I-X-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛtʁ fi.kse\.
What does "être fixé" mean?
As a verb, "être fixé" means: N’avoir plus de doute, d’incertitude sur quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "être fixé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "être fixé" is \ɛtʁ fi.kse\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "être fixé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list