SUV

/[ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯]/ abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,538

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

SUV is anGermanabbrev. It means: Sport Utility Vehicle; Fahrzeug, das zwar das Aussehen eines Geländewagens besitzt, meist aber nicht für Geländefahrten geeignet ist Pronounced [ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯]. Often confused with SV and SZ.

Key facts for SUV
PropertyValue
HeadwordSUV
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯]
Letters3
Frequency rank#11,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of SUV in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for SUV is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,538 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sport Utility Vehicle; Fahrzeug, das zwar das Aussehen eines Geländewagens besitzt, meist aber nicht für Geländefahrten geeignet ist".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for SUV in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SV", "SZ", "SW", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is SUV, spelled S-U-V, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sport Utility Vehicle; Fahrzeug, das zwar das Aussehen eines Geländewagens besitzt, meist aber nicht für Geländefahrten geeignet ist

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #11,538 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "SUV"?
"SUV" is spelled S-U-V. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯].
What does "SUV" mean?
As an abbrev, "SUV" means: Sport Utility Vehicle; Fahrzeug, das zwar das Aussehen eines Geländewagens besitzt, meist aber nicht für Geländefahrten geeignet ist
What words are commonly confused with "SUV"?
"SUV" is commonly confused with "SV", "SZ", "SW". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "SUV"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "SUV" is [ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "SUV" come from?
"SUV" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.