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sheriff

How many syllables in sheriff?

  2 syllables

Divide sheriff into syllables:   sher-iff
Stressed syllable in sheriff:   sher-iff
How to pronounce sheriff:   sher-if
How to say sheriff:

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What rhymes with sheriff

2 syllables
  • seraph
  • teraph
  • serif
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