gear shift
noun
gear shift is spelled G-E-A-R-S-H-I-F-T: 9 letters. As a noun, gear shift means “That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gear shift is gear shifts.
How many letters and syllables are in gear shift?
| Letters | 9: G-E-A-R-S-H-I-F-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with gear shift
Also written: gearshift (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of gear shift
- gear shifts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gear shift mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
- 2
CanadaUSThe lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
- 3
a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gear shift in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of a gearbox involved in changing gear:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | levier de vitesse |
| German | Gangschaltung |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.