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Term: mating

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "mating": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. mating

mating

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

Verb

  1. Engage in sexual intercourse
  2. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
  3. Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
  4. Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
  5. Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "mating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mating 2 8
2 estimating 4 2
3 amalgamating 5 0
4 approximating 5 0
5 automating 4 0
6 consummating 4 0
7 decimating 4 0
8 overestimating 6 0
9 underestimating 6 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "mating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 making 2 255
2 meeting 2 159
3 meaning 2 127
4 moving 2 114
5 smiling 2 36
6 matching 2 33
7 missing 2 33
8 amazing 3 20
9 milling 2 18
10 emerging 3 15
11 mining 2 12
12 mailing 2 8
13 smoking 2 8
14 mapping 2 7
15 omitting 3 6
16 merging 2 5
17 mocking 2 5
18 smelling 2 5
19 manning 2 3
20 mopping 2 3
21 imaging 3 2
22 matting 2 2
23 messing 2 2
24 mouthing 2 2
25 mucking 2 2
26 smoothing 2 2
27 amassing 3 1
28 emitting 3 1
29 madding 2 1
30 marring 2 1
31 massing 2 1
32 mooring 2 1
33 mulling 2 1
34 smashing 2 1
35 e-mailing 3 0
36 emailing 3 0
37 emmerling 3 0
38 empting 2 0
39 maiming 2 0
40 maring 2 0
41 maseng 2 0
42 mealing 2 0
43 mehling 2 0
44 mehring 2 0
45 meiring 2 0
46 meling 2 0
47 melling 2 0
48 menning 2 0
49 meshing 2 0
50 meyering 3 0
51 moaning 2 0
52 moehring 2 0
53 mohring 2 0
54 moping 2 0
55 moring 2 0
56 mugging 2 0
57 schmeling 2 0
58 schmiesing 2 0
59 schmoozing 2 0
60 shmoozing 2 0
61 smacking 2 0
62 smalling 2 0
63 smearing 2 0
64 smeeting 2 0
65 smirking 2 0
66 smoshing 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "mating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 making 2 255
2 martin 2 55
3 matching 2 33
4 eating 2 32
5 rating 2 10
6 dating 2 4
7 maturing 3 3
8 matting 2 2
9 hating 2 2
10 marting 2 0
11 malting 2 0
12 smarting 2 0
13 mutating 3 0
14 muting 2 0
15 matlin 2 0
16 matkin 2 0
17 mation 2 0
18 mastin 2 0
19 maring 2 0
20 gating 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "mating" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "mating" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "mating" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 female 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "mating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 muting 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 9

Sound Alikes: 66

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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This Word in the News:

The Outside Story: Gobbling and strutting–wild turkey mating season
Mar 15, 2026 The Bristol Edition
These frog mating calls may also serve as weather reports
Mar 10, 2026 National Geographic
Rare porpoise mating behaviour captured by drones off Shetland
Mar 13, 2026 Oceanographic Magazine
Kitten Chaos — Trappers Prepare for Mating Season
Mar 10, 2026 Pittsburgh Magazine
Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for a Critically Endangered Parrot
Mar 9, 2026 The New York Times
Kids in hospital help penguins woo mates with painted pebbles
Mar 14, 2026 The Washington Post
Frogs with the best mating calls may also carry the most parasites
Mar 13, 2026 Earth.com

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