Words that rhyme with shortage
Top rhymes for shortage
portage and reportage
2 common words rhyme with shortage. The most common are portage and reportage.
Perfect rhymes for shortage
2 syllables
3 syllables
Near rhymes for shortage
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- mortgage
- storage
- supportive
- voltage
- tortoise
- forage
- porridge
- aorta
- haulage
- abortive
- fortis
- reported
- forces
- sources
- supporting
- supported
- orange
- reporting
- courses
- horses
- garbage
- sporting
- cottage
- portal
- imported
- transported
- mortal
- sorted
- sausage
- immortal
- assaulted
- corpus
- deported
- distorted
- sorting
- transporting
- cartridge
- exported
- halted
- escorted
How shortage sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃɔɹtədʒ/ or /ˈʃɔɹtɪdʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (SHORT-age) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɔɹtədʒ |
Shortage has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with shortage?
- The most common rhymes for shortage are portage and reportage.
- How many words rhyme with shortage?
- We found 2 common perfect rhymes for shortage, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in shortage?
- Shortage has two syllables, with the stress on the first.