packing
Definitions
Noun
- Any material used especially to protect something
- The enclosure of something in a package or box
- Carrying something in a pack on the back
Verb
- Arrange in a container
- Fill to capacity
- Compress into a wad
- Carry, as on one's back
- Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- Have with oneself; have on one's person
- Press tightly together or cram
- Hike with a backpack
- Press down tightly
- Seal with packing
- Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- Load with a pack
- Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "packing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | packing | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | unpacking | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | backpacking | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | meatpacking | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | packinghouse | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "packing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | playing | 2 | 101 |
| 2 | opening | 3 | 83 |
| 3 | passing | 2 | 65 |
| 4 | speaking | 2 | 62 |
| 5 | putting | 2 | 54 |
| 6 | applying | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | pulling | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | pushing | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | appearing | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | pitching | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | appealing | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | picking | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | opposing | 3 | 13 |
| 14 | plowing | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | spinning | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | appalling | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | peering | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | pouring | 2 | 9 |
| 19 | spraying | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | pacing | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | pauling | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | pausing | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | peeling | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | piling | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | popping | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | spacing | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | piping | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | poking | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | spitting | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | patting | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | speeding | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | spelling | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | padding | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | polling | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | posing | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | praying | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | sparring | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | spilling | 2 | 3 |
| 39 | paving | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | peeping | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | petting | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | poling | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | pooling | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | puffing | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | purging | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | spotting | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | appeasing | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | paging | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | peeking | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | pegging | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | pershing | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | pinging | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | pinning | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | poring | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | preying | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | prying | 2 | 1 |
| 57 | spanning | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | sparing | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | spewing | 2 | 1 |
| 60 | spoiling | 2 | 1 |
| 61 | spouting | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | appling | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | opining | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | pairing | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | panning | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | paring | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | pasing | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | patching | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | pawling | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | peaking | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | pearling | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | pecking | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | penning | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | perking | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | persing | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | piecing | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | pilling | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | pining | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | pitting | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | plying | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | poaching | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | pouting | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | powering | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | pudding | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | puming | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | spawning | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | spearing | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | sperling | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | spicing | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | spiering | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | spiffing | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | spiking | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | spoofing | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | spurling | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | spurning | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | spurting | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "packing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lacking | 2 | 32 |
| 2 | parking | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | placing | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | picking | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | backing | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | pacing | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | packaging | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | spacing | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | tracking | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | tacking | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | hacking | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | unpacking | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | sacking | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | racking | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | wracking | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | panicking | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | pecking | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | peaking | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | jacking | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | whacking | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "packing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "packing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "packing" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ready | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 16
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 96
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
I'm a Frequent Flier, and These Are the 8 Packing Mistakes Wasting Space in Your Carry-on
Mar 15, 2026 Travel + Leisure
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