SUV
/ˌɛs.juˈvi/noun
SUV is spelled S-U-V: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, SUV means “Initialism of sport utility vehicle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of SUV is SUVs.
How many letters and syllables are in SUV?
| Letters | 3: S-U-V |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is SUV?
SUV appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 SUV?
- UK /ˌɛs.juːˈviː/
- UK /suv/
- US /ˌɛs.juˈvi/
SUV 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).
What rhymes with SUV?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as SUV from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of SUV
- SUVs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does SUV mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of sport utility vehicle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
SUV in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sport utility vehicle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | VUS SUV, TTL |
| German | SUV |
| Portuguese | SUV |
| Spanish | todocamino, VUD, SUV (esiuví) |
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.