DVD
/ˌdi vi ˈdi/noun
DVD is spelled D-V-D: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, DVD means “Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of DVD is DVDs or DVD's.
How many letters and syllables are in DVD?
| Letters | 3: D-V-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,667th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 DVD?
DVD appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th 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 DVD?
- UK /ˌdiː viː ˈdiː/
- US /ˌdi vi ˈdi/
DVD has 3 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-DVD.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of DVD
- DVDs plural
- DVD's plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does DVD mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.
- 2
Initialism of dissociated vertical deviation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
DVD in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense digital video disc:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.