v
French, letter
v is spelled V (one letter) and appears 98 times per million words in written French, the 844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). V is a French letter meaning “the twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, V is a different word: “The twenty-second letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin…”. On this page, vº is a different word: “abbreviation of verso”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vingt-deuxième lettre et dix-huitième consonne de l’alphabet français (minuscule)”.
What does v mean in English?
letter
- 1
the twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet
letter
- 1
The twenty-second letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
abbreviation of verso
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
letter: 1. Vingt-deuxième lettre et dix-septième consonne de l’alphabet (majuscule). 2. Qui évoque la forme d'une lettre V.
noun: 1. Vert du RVB.
letter: 1. Vingt-deuxième lettre et dix-huitième consonne de l’alphabet français (minuscule).
noun: 1. Verso.
noun: 1. Verbe
noun: 1. Vers
noun: 1. Verset
pronoun: 1. Variante de vous devant une consonne.
typographic variant: 1. Variante typographique de vᵒ.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of v
- V uppercase
- v lowercase
- vᵒ
- vo
- Vᵒ
- Vo
- vous
- v’s
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to v
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is v in French?
v appears 98 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).