matching
/ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
matching is spelled M-A-T-C-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, matching means “The same as another; sharing the same design” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in matching?
| Letters | 8: M-A-T-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is matching?
Matching appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce matching?
- /ˈmæt͡ʃɪŋ/
Matching has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-matching.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of matching
- better matching comparative
- best matching superlative
- matchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does matching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
The same as another; sharing the same design.
We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.
- 2
That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.
noun
- 1
The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
- 2
A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of match
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Matching in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | correspondant, semblable |
| German | dazu passend , Matching |
| Spanish | combinante, a juego |
| Portuguese | correspondência, mapeamento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.