UAV
noun
UAV is spelled U-A-V: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, UAV means “Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted (autonomous)…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of UAV is UAVs.
How many letters and syllables are in UAV?
| Letters | 3: U-A-V |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 UAV?
UAV appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 UAV?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-UAV.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of UAV
- UAVs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does UAV mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted (autonomous), that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.
Near-synonym: UAS (the whole system versus the device itself; loosely synonymous)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
UAV in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unmanned aerial vehicle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | véhicule aérien sans pilote à bord |
| German | unbemanntes Luftfahrzeug, unbemanntes Fluggerät, unbemanntes Kleinfluggerät, Drohne |
| Portuguese | veículo aéreo não tripulado |
| Spanish | vehículo aéreo no tripulado |
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.