"V" is the twenty-second and fifth-to-last letter in English and it is a consonant.

Consonants are the letters that are produced by stopping the letter from flowing easily.

Uppercase Form

V

Lowercase

v

Name

vee (pronounced /ˈviː/)

Sound

/v/

The Letter V: Sounds

The letter "v" has only one sound:

Sound: /v/

The letter "v" sounds /v/:

Example

vest /vest/

sleeve /sliːv/

groove /ɡruːv/

Vancouver /vænˈkuːvər/

The Letter V: Multigraph

Letter "v" can also appear in combinations with itself.

vv

"vv" sounds /v/:

Example

skivvy /ˈskɪvi/

bevvy /ˈbevi/

chivvy /ˈtʃɪvi/

The Letter V: Uses

The letter "V is also used as:

The abbreviation of "versus" (= against)

The abbreviation of "very" (in informal British English writing)

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