Editing V (section)

===English===
In English, {{vr|v}} represents a [[voiced labiodental fricative]].

Special rules of orthography normally apply to the letter {{vr|v}}:
* Traditionally, {{vr|v}} is not doubled to indicate a [[short vowel]], the way, for example, {{vr|p}} is doubled to indicate the difference between ''super'' and ''supper''. However, that is changing with newly coined words, such as {{wikt-lang|en|savvy}}, ''divvy up'' and ''skivvies''.
* A word-final {{IPAc-en|v|}} sound (except in ''of'') is normally spelled -{{vr|ve}}, regardless of the pronunciation of the vowel before it. This rule does not apply to transliterations of Slavic and Hebrew words, such as ''[[Kyiv]]'' (''Kiev''), or to words that started out as abbreviations, such as ''sov'' for ''sovereign''.
* The {{IPAc-en|V|}} sound is spelled {{vr|o}}, not {{vr|u}}, before the letter {{vr|v}}. This originated with a mediaeval scribal practice designed to increase legibility by avoiding too many vertical strokes ([[minim (palaeography)|minim]]s) in a row.

Like {{vr|[[j]]}}, {{vr|[[k]]}}, {{vr|[[w]]}}, {{vr|[[x]]}} and {{vr|[[z]]}}, {{vr|v}} is not used very frequently in English. It is the [[Letter frequency|sixth least frequently used letter]] in the English language, occurring in roughly 1% of words. {{vr|v}} is the only letter that cannot be used to form an English two-letter word in the British<ref>Collins Scrabble Dictionary Revised 6th edition (2022) Harper Collins {{ISBN|978 00085 2391 6}}</ref> and Australian<ref>{{cite web|title=2-Letter Words with Definitions|url=http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/twos.htm|publisher=Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA)|access-date=20 February 2013|date=8 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305065759/http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/twos.htm|archive-date=5 March 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> versions of the game of [[Scrabble]]. It is one of only two letters (the other being {{vr|c}}) that cannot be used this way in the American version.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hasbro staff |year=2014 |url=http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/2LetterList.cfm |title=Scrabble word lists:2-Letter Words |publisher=Hasbro |access-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407014234/http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/2LetterList.cfm |archive-date=2014-04-07 }}</ref><ref>[[Official Scrabble Players Dictionary]], 6th Edition (2018) Merriam Webster {{ISBN|978 08777 9422 6}}</ref> {{vr|v}} is also the only letter in the English language that is never silent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Every Letter Is Silent, Sometimes|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mums-the-letter-when-letters-dont-say-a-thing/v|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305065324/https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mums-the-letter-when-letters-dont-say-a-thing/v|url-status=live}}</ref>