v
[ˈbe]
The verdict
“v” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #836) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #836
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vigesimotercera letra del alfabeto español y decimoctava consonante. Su nombre es uve, ve corta o ve baja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-v · v · Spanish
v · rank #836 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #836
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH trabajadores
Nearest frequency peer: trabajadores (-1 rank slots)
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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “v”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- radio
radio
99,168 corpus weight
- sale
sale
99,167 corpus weight
- trabajadores
trabajadores
99,166 corpus weight
- v
v
99,165 corpus weight
- viejo
viejo
99,164 corpus weight
- administrac…
administración
99,163 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “v” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | v |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | [ˈbe] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “v”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for v is neighbouring look-alikes ("va", "ve", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced [ˈbe]. Frequency #836 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Vigesimotercera letra del alfabeto español y decimoctava consonante. Su nombre es uve, ve corta o ve baja.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for v, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "va", "ve", "vi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is v, spelled V.
Definition
- 1Vigesimotercera letra del alfabeto español y decimoctava consonante. Su nombre es uve, ve corta o ve baja.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.