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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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Mating-induced patterns of spermathecal fluid protein expression in two eusocial insect species, Lasius niger and Apis mellifera
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Dinosaurs Gathered to Perform Mating Dances With Kicks and Spins at This Site in Colorado—and You Can Go See It for Yourself
Jul 17, 2025 Smithsonian Magazine

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