Which to use
“figer” and “fixez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,801
- “figer” frequency rank
- #38,810
- “fixez” frequency rank
- 78611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figer | fixez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Congeler, coaguler, condenser par le froid, par le refroidissement. Il se dit surtout en parlant des huiles. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fixer. |
Where the eye mixes figer and fixez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. figer and fixez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: figer vs fixez
A purely visual mix-up. figer (\fi.ʒe\) and fixez (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figer is recorded at frequency rank #39,801, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.ʒe\. fixez is at rank #38,810, tagged as averb, 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 78611, this pair ranks #25,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of figer vs fixez
Shared letters: efi. Private to "figer": gr. Private to "fixez": xz.
"figer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fixez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "figer" and "fixez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "figer" or "fixez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "figer" and "fixez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "figer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figer" and "fixez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figer vs Finger". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #25,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.