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obv

UK /ɒbv/adverb

obv is spelled O-B-V: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, obv means “Abbreviation of obviously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in obv?

Letters3: O-B-V
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is obv?

Obv appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 obv?

  • UK /ɒbv/

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

Forms of obv

  • more obv. comparative
  • most obv. superlative
  • more obv comparative
  • most obv superlative
  • obv.

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

What does obv mean?

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

adverb

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of obviously.

noun

as OBV
  1. 1

    Initialism of on-balance volume

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

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