1 syllable:
fife, flyff, fyfe, fyffe, knife, life, pfeife, pfeiff, phyfe, rife, saif, schleif, schleife, slife, streife, streiff, strife, wife, beef, brief, briefe, chief, creaf, crieff, fhfif, fief, graef, graefe, graeff, grefe, greif, grief, keef, keefe, keeffe, kief, kieff, kleef, knief, leaf, leif, lief, naef, neef, neife, preef, prief, reef, reif, reife, reiff, rief, schief, seif, seife, sheaf, steif, stief, streif, theef, theif, thief, tiefe, treif

2 syllables:
9life, a-life, alewife, alife, aoife, archwife, birdlife, breadknife, bread knife, bromlife, c.i.f, case knife, cauldrife, clasp-knife, clasp knife, co-wife, drawknife, elife, ex-wife, exwife, fairlife, fastlife, fetlife, fish-knife, fishwife, fish knife, flick-knife, folklife, goodwife, half-life, halflife, half life, hashlife, highlife, housewife, huswife, ilife, jack-knife, jackknife, jacknife, long-life, loosestrife, lot's wife, low-life, lowlife, lymelife, medlife, metlife, mid-life, midlife, midwife, mylife, nightlife, nonlife, oldwife, parklife, penknife, plant life, poplyfe, prelife, pro-life, real-life, real life, relife, seawife, self-life, sex/life, sheath-knife, sheath knife, shelf-life, shelf life, simlife, southlife, spaewife, sremmlife, stakeknife, steak knife, still-life, still life, tradwife, trench knife, true-life, westlife, whole-life, wildlife, work-life, agrief, bagreef, bay leaf, belief, bloodleaf, broadleaf, canif, capsheaf, captif, cherif, chief keef, corn beef, covfefe, deadbeef, debrief, drop-leaf, fig-leaf, figleaf, fig leaf, five-leaf, flyleaf, giltif, gold-leaf, goldleaf, gold leaf, greenleaf, ground beef, grub-thief, hafif, heart-leaf, heartgrief, heartleaf, hochtief, in brief, khalif, khalife, kharif, laceleaf, latif, lesstif, lobed leaf, longleaf, loose-leaf, looseleaf, massif, matif, mccleaf, metif, mizkif, moncrieff, motif, mschif, mudhif, natif, o'keefe, o'keeffe, oakleaf, okeefe, okeeffe, paint leaf, pc-fx, pfandbriefe, qatif, relief, repriefe, roastbeef, roast beef, salif, sarif, scale leaf, seed leaf, serif, seriph, setif, shareef, sharif, shereef, shinleaf, sneak thief, strip-leaf, surif, sweetleaf, tallchief, tea-leaf, tealeaf, tea leaf, thorleif, twinleaf, unreif, vancleef, what/if, wheatsheaf, whyteleafe, woodlief, zangief

3 syllables:
after-life, after.life, afterlife, antilife, arrecife, a bug's life, bowie-knife, bowie knife, business life, butcher knife, butterknife, butter knife, c.l.i.f., carving knife, cash4life, change of life, come to life, counterlife, cyberknife, end-of-life, full of life, herbalife, hunting knife, lease of life, line of life, manulife, man and wife, nurse-midwife, otherlife, palette knife, paperknife, paring knife, pocketknife, pocket knife, prime of life, pruning knife, pudding-wife, puddingwife, putty knife, right-to-life, right to life, shadowlife, slice-of-life, spiked loosestrife, sporting life, staff of life, switchblade knife, table knife, the good wife, time of life, toys-to-life, true-to-life, true to life, wakerife, walk of life, way of life, woodmenlife, yellowknife, additif, adoptif, apritif, arab chief, auto-de-fe, bas-relief, basrelief, bass-relief, bible leaf, bully beef, cattle thief, cemagref, cloverleaf, compound leaf, copperleaf, coral reef, curaleaf, cut of beef, digestif, disbelief, false belief, fire chief, flannel leaf, floral leaf, fugitif, half-relief, half relief, high relief, honest thief, infangthief, interleaf, jellyleaf, laxatif, leatherleaf, legal brief, leitmotif, leontief, liverleaf, low relief, lucratif, maharif, make-belief, maple-leaf, miles o'keeffe, misbelief, nanoleaf, nissan leaf, nonbelief, oblong leaf, obtuse leaf, out-relief, ovate leaf, overleaf, painted leaf, parted leaf, pittencrieff, police chief, positif, primitif, relatif, rerefief, ryan leaf, sans-serif, sanserif, satinleaf, satin leaf, self-belief, semibrief, semivif, serrate leaf, side of beef, simple leaf, single-leaf, strong belief, thymeleaf, tribal chief, unbelief, underleaf, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, walking leaf, waterleaf

4 syllables:
a little life, bad boys for life, call the midwife, circles.life, estate for life, eternal life, fantasy life, garden loosestrife, generalife, hyssop loosestrife, larger-than-life, my 600-lb life, , no game no life, purple loosestrife, standard of life, surgical knife, yellow loosestrife, accusatif, affirmatif, alternatif, aperitif, balancereef, barrier reef, caritatif, demirelief, diminutif, dispositif, elongate leaf, entire leaf, five stages of grief, georgia o'keeffe, indian chief, indicatif, japanese leaf, linear leaf, microrelief, mutessarif, photorelief, pom klementieff, recitatif, sagittate-leaf, w.e.f

5 syllables:
conway's game of life, elixir of life, linoleum knife, professional life, quality of life, story of your life, asd rna motif, commander in chief, jodi lyn o'keefe, lanceolate leaf, mazar-i-sharif, psychotic belief, religious belief

6 syllables:
12 rules for life, it's a wonderful life, my unorthodox life, erroneous belief, fiona dourif