Hyphenation of sheriff

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sheriff? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sher-iff

Definitions of sheriff:

1.	The principal law-enforcement officer in a county

Synonyms of sheriff:

noun	lawman, law officer, peace officer

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.