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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:

Man tossed by bison in Yellowstone recounts attack as experts warn of peak mating season dangers
Jul 19, 2026 KTVQ
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Mar 16, 2026 Chinook Observer
Interview: Nick Kroll Talks ‘Mating Season’ and the Balancing Act of His Animated Comedies
May 21, 2026 Awards Radar
These frog mating calls may also serve as weather reports
Mar 10, 2026 National Geographic
A waltz over evolutionary timescales: why it’s so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance
Jun 14, 2026 The Conversation
Female Dolphins Seem to Remember Which Males Were Aggressive During Mating Season—and May Try to Avoid Them
Jun 23, 2026 Smithsonian Magazine
Why Don’t Humans Have A Mating Season? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
Feb 28, 2026 Forbes

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