luv
/lʌv/verb
luv is spelled L-U-V: 3 letters. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “love vs luv” about 210 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, luv means “Alternative form of love” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in luv?
| Letters | 3: L-U-V |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is luv?
Luv appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 luv?
- /lʌv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-love.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with luv
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: love (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: love.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of luv
- luvz present, singular, he/she/it
- luvs present, singular, he/she/it
- luving participle, present
- luvving participle, present
- luvd participle, past
- luved participle, past
- luvved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does luv mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Alternative form of love.
i luv you
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).