# pairing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,033

## Definitions
1. The combination or union of two things.
2. An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves.

## Easily confused with
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-paying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-paving)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-piping)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-piling)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-pining)
- **passing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-passing)
- **parking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-parking)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-pricing)
- **pouring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-pouring)
- **parting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-parting)
- **pausing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-pausing)
- **panting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-panting)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-peering)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-patting)
- **priming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-priming)
- **parsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-parsing)
- **pasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-pasting)
- **panning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-panning)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-purring)
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-praising)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apiring`, `paiirng`, `pairign`, `pairingg`, `pairinng`, `pairnig`, `pairring`, `pariing`, `piaring`, `ppairing`

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