Which to use
“fixer” is a verb and “fixés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,246
- “fixer” frequency rank
- #9,834
- “fixés” frequency rank
- 15080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fixer | fixés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Attacher, affermir, rendre immobile, maintenir en place. | Masculin pluriel de fixé. |
Same sound, different letters: fixer vs fixés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - fixer / fixés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fixer and fixés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fi.kse\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 15080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fixer is recorded at frequency rank #5,246, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.kse\. 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 15080, this pair ranks #393,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fixer vs fixés
Shared letters: fix. Private to "fixer": er. Private to "fixés": sé.
"fixer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fixés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fixer ← ffixer · fiexr · fixerr · fixre · fixxer · fxier · ifxer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fixer" and "fixés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fixer" vs "fixés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "fixer" / "fixés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fixer" 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 #393,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fixer" and "fixés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fixés". 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 #393,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.