pairing
noun, verb
pairing is spelled P-A-I-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pairing means “The combination or union of two things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pairing is pairings.
How many letters and syllables are in pairing?
| Letters | 7: P-A-I-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th 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 pairing?
Pairing appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 pairing?
Pairing 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)-Vealhurl-pairing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pairing
- pairings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pairing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The combination or union of two things.
The seeds were adjusted to make sure that there were good pairings for the tennis tournament.
- 2
An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pair
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).