pairing

Other forms of pairing

plural

pairings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pairing

What does pairing mean?

pairing means "the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pairing?

pairing has 2 syllables: pair-ing. The stress falls on "pair". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for pairing?

Close synonyms include coupling, mating, conjugation, union, sexual union. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pairing a common word?

pairing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pairing?

2 words rhyme with pairing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.