Which to use
“figées” and “fixées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,530
- “figées” frequency rank
- #12,572
- “fixées” frequency rank
- 61102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figées | fixées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de figé. | Féminin pluriel de fixé. |
Where the eye mixes figées and fixées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. figées and fixées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: figées vs fixées
A purely visual mix-up. figées (\fi.ʒe\) and fixées (\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 a single letter - g in “figées” becomes x in “fixées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61102, 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\. fixées is at rank #12,572, 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 61102, this pair ranks #94,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of figées vs fixées
Shared letters: efisé. Private to "figées": g. Private to "fixées": x.
"figées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "fixées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "figées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figées" and "fixées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fioles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.