# MTV

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #8,696

## Definitions
1. A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.

## Etymology
Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-my)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mu)
- **MW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mw)
- **MV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mv)
- **Mx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mx)
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mum)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mud)
- **MVP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mvp)
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mug)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mun)
- **Mya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mya)
- **muh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-muh)
- **MUA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mua)
- **myth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-myth)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mute)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mutt)
- **m** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/m-vs-mtv)
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/me-vs-mtv)
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mr-vs-mtv)
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ms-vs-mtv)

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