Which to use
“fixée” and “fixés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,826
- “fixée” frequency rank
- #9,834
- “fixés” frequency rank
- 16660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fixée | fixés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fixé. | Masculin pluriel de fixé. |
Same sound, different letters: fixée vs fixés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - fixée / fixés
This is the hard kind. fixée and fixés are pronounced identically (\fik.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “fixée” becomes s in “fixés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16660, 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\. fixés is at rank #9,834, 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 16660, this pair ranks #386,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fixée vs fixés
Shared letters: fixé. Private to "fixée": e. Private to "fixés": s.
"fixée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fixés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fixée" and "fixés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fixée" or "fixés" show up more?
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 "fixés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fixée" and "fixés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fixés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #386,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.