fixe

/\fiks\/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,615

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fixe is anFrenchadj. It means: Immobile. Pronounced \fiks\. It ranks #2,615 in French word frequency. Often confused with fox and fle.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fixe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fixe is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fiks\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,615 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fixe, with forms such as "ffixe", "fiex", and "fixxe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fox", "fle", "free", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fixe, spelled F-I-X-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffixe,fiex,fixxe,fxie,ifxe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fixe

Misspelling Variants of "fixe"

ffixe5fiex4fixxe5fxie4ifxe4
Misspelling Variants of "fixe"

Frequency rank: #2,615 in French

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 adj, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.