Shifting rhymes with:
drifting, gifting, lifting, sifting, airlifting, crafting, drafting, drifting, gifting, grafting, lifting, overdrafting, rafting, shafting, shoplifting, sifting, uplifting, wafting, weightlifting
Shifting sounds like:
septimus, shafting, sifting, softening, softens, softimage, softness, speeding, spitting, spotting, spouting, sputnik, sputniks, subatomic, subduing, subotnick, swiftness