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shifts

How many syllables in shifts?

  1 syllable

Divide shifts into syllables:   shifts
Syllable stress:   shifts
How to say shifts:

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What rhymes with shifts

1 syllable
  • drifts
  • lifts
  • sifts
  • thrifts
  • gifts
  • rifts
  • swifts
2 syllables
  • rifty
  • swifty
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