Which to use
“figées” and “fixée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,530
- “figées” frequency rank
- #6,826
- “fixée” frequency rank
- 55356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figées | fixée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de figé. | Féminin singulier de fixé. |
Where the eye mixes figées and fixée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. figées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against fixée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: figées vs fixée
A purely visual mix-up. figées (\fi.ʒe\) and fixée (\fik.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figées is recorded at frequency rank #48,530, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ʒe\. fixée is at rank #6,826, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fik.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55356, this pair ranks #127,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of figées vs fixée
Shared letters: efié. Private to "figées": gs. Private to "fixée": x.
"figées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "fixée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "figées" and "fixée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "figées" or "fixée" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "figées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figées" and "fixée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fioles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #127,976 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.