# v vs van

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### v
*character · IPA /v/ · frequency rank #937*
The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.

### van
*noun · IPA /væn/ · frequency rank #1,742*
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/v-vs-van