shortages
Definitions
Noun
- The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- An acute insufficiency
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stages | 2 | 51 |
| 2 | storage | 2 | 41 |
| 3 | shorts | 1 | 29 |
| 4 | shortage | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | shores | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | mortgages | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | shortest | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | hostages | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | shortness | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | heritages | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | shortens | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | shortchange | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | shortwave | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | shorter's | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | shortcake | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hostages' | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | shortchanged | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | sorties | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | sorters | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | shorts' | 1 | 0 |
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| 1 | queues | 1 | 2 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
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