vav
"vav" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vav” is uncommon English (frequency #86,913 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,913
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vav · vav · English
vav · rank #86,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,913
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH VCH
Nearest frequency peer: VCH (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vav”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vajra
vajra
13,093 corpus weight
- vandyke
vandyke
13,090 corpus weight
- vav
vav
13,088 corpus weight
- VCH
VCH
13,087 corpus weight
- veiny
veiny
13,086 corpus weight
- Verhoeven
Verhoeven
13,084 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vav” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vav |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #86,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vav” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vav is uncommon English at frequency #86,913 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vav in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Hebrew וי״ו (vav). Doublet of wau. The correct English form is vav, spelled V-A-V.
Definition
- 1The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
Etymology
Hebrew וי״ו (vav). Doublet of wau.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.