pairing
"pairing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pairing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,033
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The combination or union of two things.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pairing · pairing · English
pairing · rank #13,033 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,033
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pam
Nearest frequency peer: pam (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pairing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ordinance
ordinance
86,972 corpus weight
- Osborne
Osborne
86,971 corpus weight
- pairing
pairing
86,968 corpus weight
- pam
pam
86,967 corpus weight
- Parsons
Parsons
86,966 corpus weight
- pertaining
pertaining
86,965 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pairing” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pairing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pairing” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pairing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,033 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pairing, with forms such as "apiring", "paiirng", and "pairign". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "paying", "paving", "piping", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is pairing, spelled P-A-I-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The combination or union of two things.
- 2An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pairing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The seeds were adjusted to make sure that there were good pairings for the tennis tournament.
In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apiring
- paiirng
- pairign
- pairingg
- pairinng
- pairnig
- pairring
- pariing
- piaring
- ppairing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pairing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pairing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pairing". Here's where to go from here.
- "pairing" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "paying". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,033 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.