Which to use
“fixer” and “fixez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,246
- “fixer” frequency rank
- #38,810
- “fixez” frequency rank
- 44056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fixer | fixez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Attacher, affermir, rendre immobile, maintenir en place. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fixer. |
Same sound, different letters: fixer vs fixez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - fixer / fixez
This is the hard kind. fixer and fixez are pronounced identically (\fi.kse\) and both work as averb. 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 - r in “fixer” becomes z in “fixez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44056, 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\. 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 44056, this pair ranks #213,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fixer vs fixez
Shared letters: efix. Private to "fixer": r. Private to "fixez": z.
"fixer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fixez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fixer" and "fixez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fixer" or "fixez"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fixer" 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 #213,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fixer" and "fixez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fixez". 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 #213,382 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.