# PV

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,218

## Definitions
1. Initialism of probation violation.
2. Initialism of process variable.
3. Initialism of pharmacovigilance.
4. Initialism of promotional video.
5. Initialism of phrasal verb.
6. Initialism of pulmonary valve.
7. Initialism of polycythemia vera.
8. Initialism of pemphigus vulgaris.
9. Initialism of present value.

## Etymology
Abbreviation.
* Sense "promotional video" is a borrowing from Japanese PV (PV, “promotional video”), from English promotional + video.

## Easily confused with
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pv-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pv-vs-px)
- **PVC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pv-vs-pvc)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pv-vs-pvp)
- **PWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pv-vs-pwc)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pv-vs-pye)
- **p** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/p-vs-pv)
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pm-vs-pv)
- **PC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pc-vs-pv)
- **PA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pa-vs-pv)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pp-vs-pv)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pr-vs-pv)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pt-vs-pv)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ps-vs-pv)
- **po** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pv)
- **pi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pi-vs-pv)
- **PG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pg-vs-pv)
- **PL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pl-vs-pv)
- **PE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pe-vs-pv)
- **PD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pd-vs-pv)

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