Words that rhyme with deficiency
Top rhymes for deficiency
efficiency, proficiency, sufficiency and inefficiency
5 common words rhyme with deficiency. The most common are efficiency, proficiency, sufficiency and inefficiency.
Perfect rhymes for deficiency
4 syllables
5 syllables
7 syllables
Near rhymes for deficiency
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- consistency
- decency
- infancy
- deficiencies
- inconsistency
- efficiencies
- epiphany
- inefficiencies
- indecency
- polyphony
- sufficiently
- efficiently
- contingency
- discrepancy
- regency
- viciously
- litany
- maliciously
- insufficiently
- surreptitiously
- expeditiously
- judiciously
- inefficiently
- aborigine
- ambitiously
- polygyny
How deficiency sounds
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (de-FI-cien-cy) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɪʃənsi |
Deficiency has four syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with deficiency?
- The most common rhymes for deficiency are efficiency, proficiency, sufficiency, inefficiency and immunodeficiency.
- How many words rhyme with deficiency?
- We found 5 common perfect rhymes for deficiency, plus 26 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in deficiency?
- Deficiency has four syllables, with the stress on the second.