Matching may refer to:

• Matching, Essex, England
  • Matching Green
  • Matching Tye
• Matching (graph theory), in graph theory, a set of edges without common vertices
• Graph matching, detection of similarity between graphs
• Matching (statistics), a technique for reducing bias when analyzing data from observational studies
• Matching funds, funds set to be paid in equal amount to funds available from other sources
• Matching principle, an accounting method
• Matching theory (economics), the assigning of job candidates to vacancies
• Matching law, in behaviorism and learning, the matching law suggests that an animal's response rate to a scenario will be proportionate to the amount/duration of reinforcement delivered
• National Resident Matching Program, the process of allocating medical graduates to internship programs
• Matchmaking, the process of introducing people for the purpose of marriage
• Impedance matching, in electronics, attempting to make the output impedance of a source equal to the input impedance of the load to which it is ultimately connected
• Pattern matching, in computer science, a way to recognize patterns in strings or more general sequences of tokens
• String matching algorithm, in computer science, another simpler way to recognize patterns in strings
• Stable matching theory, the study of matching markets
• Matching corresponding trades, the basic operation for clearing (finance)
• Employer matching program in the United States