fixés

\fik.se\

/\fik.se\/ adj

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The verdict

“fixés” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,834
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de fixé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fixes · fixés · French

fixés · rank #9,834 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,834
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fief

Nearest frequency peer: fief (-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 « fixés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fixés » 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).

fixés vs fumes
40% similar
fixés vs fixez
60% similar
fixés vs Fries
20% similar

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

Key facts for fixés
PropertyValue
Headwordfixés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fik.se\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,834
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fixés »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fixésse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fief » (#9,833), « fondamentales » (#9,835), « Ferrand » (#9,832). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fixés » est au #9,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fixés (IPA \fik.se\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,834 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de fixé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fixés, with forms such as "ffixés", "fixes", and "fixsé". 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, "fumes", "fixez", "Fries", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fixés, spelled F-I-X-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de fixé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les animaux qui nous occupent sont, pour la plupart, fixés au sol, aux rochers, surtout aux pierres anfractueuses, qu’on doit souvent briser avec le marteau de géologue pour les dénicher dans les cavités où ils se réfugient volontiers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffixés
  • fixes
  • fixsé
  • fixxés
  • fixéss
  • fiéxs
  • fxiés
  • ifxés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffixés1fixes1fixsé2fixxés1fixéss1fiéxs2fxiés2ifxés2
Edit distance from "fixés"

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 "fixés"?
"fixés" is spelled F-I-X-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fik.se\.
What does "fixés" mean?
As an adjective, "fixés" means: Masculin pluriel de fixé.
What words are commonly confused with "fixés"?
"fixés" is commonly confused with "fumes", "fixez", "Fries". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fixés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fixés" is \fik.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fixés" come from?
"fixés" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

feras#9,831fouet#9,837halte#9,850duché#9,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

isoler8 variantsmonts8 variantsnavette8 variantsneiges8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list