vee
/ˈviː/noun, verb
vee is spelled V-E-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vee means “The name of the Latin script letter V/v” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vee is vees.
How many letters and syllables are in vee?
| Letters | 3: V-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 vee?
Vee appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 vee?
- UK /ˈviː/
Vee has one syllable (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). Recordings: En-au-vee.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vee?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vee from its last stressed vowel (/i/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: eve.
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 vee
- vees plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- veeing participle, present
- veed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".
- 2
Something with the shape of the letter V.
- 3
The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
- 4
The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
- 5
A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
- 6
A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.
verb
- 1
To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of vee.
noun
- 1
Initialism of Venezuelan equine encephalitis/encephalomyelitis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense name of the letter V, v:
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.