# priming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #33,376

## Definitions
1. A substance used as a primer.
2. A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution.
3. A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive.
4. The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
5. The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen.
6. A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual.
7. The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition
8. The process of flushing the tubing with IV fluid to remove air before connecting it to a patient.
9. The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
10. A form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented.

## Easily confused with
- **prying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-prying)
- **proving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-proving)
- **probing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-probing)
- **pruning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-pruning)
- **printing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priming-vs-printing)
- **piping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piping-vs-priming)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-priming)
- **pining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pining-vs-priming)
- **pricing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricing-vs-priming)
- **praying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praying-vs-priming)
- **pairing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pairing-vs-priming)
- **pimping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimping-vs-priming)
- **praising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praising-vs-priming)

## Common misspellings (11)
`pirming`, `ppriming`, `priimng`, `primign`, `primingg`, `priminng`, `primming`, `primnig`, `prmiing`, `prriming`, `rpiming`

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