# mating

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,996

## Definitions
1. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

## Easily confused with
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-ming)
- **moving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-moving)
- **mining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-mining)
- **mixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-mixing)
- **mutiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-mutiny)
- **Maxine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-maxine)
- **mowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-mowing)
- **musing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-musing)
- **meeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-meeting)
- **meaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-meaning)
- **melting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-melting)
- **moaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-moaning)
- **main** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/main-vs-mating)
- **mang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mang-vs-mating)
- **Maine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maine-vs-mating)
- **mains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mains-vs-mating)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mating)
- **Matic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matic-vs-mating)
- **Mainz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mainz-vs-mating)
- **Malin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malin-vs-mating)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amting`, `maitng`, `matign`, `matingg`, `matinng`, `matnig`, `matting`, `mmating`, `mtaing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mating