vav
[ˈbaβ̞]
The verdict
“vav” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sexta letra del alfabeto hebreo
Corpus desk
Index ES-vav · vav · Spanish
vav · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vav |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaβ̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vav” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vav is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaβ̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sexta letra del alfabeto hebreo".
No misspelling variants are generated for vav in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is vav, spelled V-A-V.
Definition
- 1Sexta letra del alfabeto hebreo
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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.