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adjective, adverb, noun, verb

av is spelled A-V: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, av means “Abbreviation of average” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in av?

Letters2: A-V
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is av?

Av appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce av?

    Av has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of av

    • avs plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does av mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Abbreviation of average.

    2. 2

      Abbreviation of audiovisual.

    verb

    1. 1

      have

      av u got d@?

    adjective

    as AV
    1. 1

      Initialism of audiovisual.

      AV education

    2. 2

      Initialism of atrioventricular.

      AV block

    3. 3

      Initialism of arteriovenous.

      AV anastomosis

    4. 4

      Initialism of anal/vaginal.

      AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.

    5. 5

      Initialism of age verified.

    noun

    as AV
    1. 1

      Initialism of access violation.

    2. 2

      Initialism of age verification.

    3. 3

      Initialism of alternative vote.

    4. 4

      Initialism of antivirus.

    5. 5

      Initialism of autonomous vehicle.

    6. 6

      Initialism of auxiliary verb.

    7. 7

      Initialism of anal vore.

    8. 8

      USInitialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.

    9. 9

      Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).

    adverb

    1. 1

      Abbreviation of ad valorem.

    noun

    1. 1

      Abbreviation of avenue.

    2. 2

      Abbreviation of avoirdupois.

    3. 3

      Abbreviation of antivirus.

    4. 4

      Abbreviation of aviation.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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