Which to use
“finie” and “fixée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,695
- “finie” frequency rank
- #6,826
- “fixée” frequency rank
- 14521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finie | fixée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fini. | Féminin singulier de fixé. |
Where the eye mixes finie and fixée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. finie and fixée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses finie with fixée
A purely visual mix-up. finie (\fi.ni\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finie is recorded at frequency rank #7,695, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ni\. 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 14521, this pair ranks #396,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finie vs fixée
Shared letters: efi. Private to "finie": n. Private to "fixée": xé.
"finie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fixée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- finie ← ffinie · fiine · finei · finnie · fniie · ifnie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "finie" and "fixée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "finie" or "fixée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "finie" 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 #396,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finie" and "fixée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Finger vs finie". 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 #396,307 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.