The Letter V

In this lesson, we will learn about all the sounds of the letter V. It is the twenty-second and fifth-to-last letter of the English alphabet. C'mon then.

"The Letter V" in the English Alphabet

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 1: /v/

The letter 'v' sounds /v/:

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/:

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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