shortage
SHOR-taj
shortaj in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɔɹtədʒ/ · 2 syllables
How “shortage” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | shorta | ge |
|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | shorta | j |
“shortage” sound by sound
| Ingglish | sh | aw | r | t | a | j |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ʃ/ | /ɔ/ | /ɹ/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /dʒ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɔ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /ʃ/, /ɹ/, /t/, /dʒ/
- Syllables
- 2 — SHOR · taj, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,024 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɔɹtədʒ/
Words that rhyme with “shortage” (/ɔɹtədʒ/)
“shortage” — questions & answers
How do you spell “shortage”?
S-H-O-R-T-A-G-E in English; “shortaj” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “shortage”?
SHOR-taj — IPA /ˈʃɔɹtədʒ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “shortage”?
/ˈʃɔɹtədʒ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.