# shortfall

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,365

## Definitions
1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

## Etymology
Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.

## Common misspellings (13)
`hsortfall`, `shhortfall`, `shorftall`, `shorrtfall`, `shortafll`, `shortfal`, `shortffall`, `shortflal`, `shorttfall`, `shotrfall`, `shrotfall`, `sohrtfall`, `sshortfall`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shortfall