# shrinkage

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,418

## Definitions
1. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
2. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
3. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

## Etymology
From shrink + -age.

## Common misspellings (14)
`hsrinkage`, `shhrinkage`, `shirnkage`, `shriknage`, `shrinakge`, `shrinkaeg`, `shrinkagge`, `shrinkgae`, `shrinkkage`, `shrinnkage`, `shrnikage`, `shrrinkage`, `srhinkage`, `sshrinkage`

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