fixe

\fiks\

/\fiks\/ adj

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The verdict

“fixe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,615
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Immobile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fixe · fixe · French

fixe · rank #2,615 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,615
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH financière

Nearest frequency peer: financière (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fixe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fixe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fixe vs fox
50% similar
fixe vs fle
50% similar
fixe vs free
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fixe
PropertyValue
Headwordfixe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fiks\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,615
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fixe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fixese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « financière » (#2,614), « foule » (#2,616), « extrait » (#2,613). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fixe » est au #2,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around fixe (IPA \fiks\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,615 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fixe, with forms such as "ffixe", "fiex", and "fixxe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fox", "fle", "free", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fixe, spelled F-I-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Immobile.
  2. 2
    Invariant, définitif.
  3. 3
    Par opposition à ce qui n’est que casuel.
  4. 4
    Il se dit des composés qui ne peuvent être dissociés ou volatilisés qu’à des températures élevées. Il se disait des gaz permanents, c’est-à-dire qui ne pouvaient être liquéfiés.
  5. 5
    Constant, car il correspond au milieu d'une saison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous sommes passés de la génération du téléphone qui était toujours fixe à la génération qui fixe toujours le téléphone.
  2. Le siège de la douleur était fixe.

This word in other languages

fixed(English)fijo(Español)fest(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffixe
  • fiex
  • fixxe
  • fxie
  • ifxe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fixe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffixe1fiex2fixxe1fxie2ifxe2
Edit distance from "fixe"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fixe"?
"fixe" is spelled F-I-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fiks\.
What does "fixe" mean?
As an adjective, "fixe" means: Immobile.
What words are commonly confused with "fixe"?
"fixe" is commonly confused with "fox", "fle", "free". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fixe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fixe" is \fiks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fixe" come from?
"fixe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fixe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bloc#2,609taxe#2,648zéro#2,655clés#2,666

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

voile5 variantsnulle5 variantsbases5 variantslive5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list