Which to use
“fixée” is an adjective and “fixer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,826
- “fixée” frequency rank
- #5,246
- “fixer” frequency rank
- 12072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fixée | fixer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fixé. | Attacher, affermir, rendre immobile, maintenir en place. |
Same sound, different letters: fixée vs fixer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - fixée / fixer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fixée and fixer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fik.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fixée is recorded at frequency rank #6,826, classified as anadj, pronounced \fik.se\. fixer is at rank #5,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.kse\.
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 12072, this pair ranks #406,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fixée vs fixer
Shared letters: efix. Private to "fixée": é. Private to "fixer": r.
"fixée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fixer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fixer ← ffixer · fiexr · fixerr · fixre · fixxer · fxier · ifxer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fixée" and "fixer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fixée" or "fixer"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fixée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fixée" and "fixer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fixée". 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 #406,699 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.