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"V" /v/ – Voiced Labiodental Fricative - by syllable & position  → Download /v/ Word List (PDF)

Words with /v/ sound at the beginning

One syllable words:

• vase, verb, vote, vain, vein, vile, vet, vault, void, van, view, vent, vest, vale, veil, volt, vow, views, vine, viewed, voice, vast, vouch, vice, vise, veal, vim, verse, valve

Two syllable words:

• vastness, Vermont, bank vault, vapor, vaccine, very, life vest, vendor, vision, vicious, viper, vowels, valid, verbal, villa, vowel, visor, virus, vertex, via, vital, vector, viral, valve stem, vacuum, vampire, veggies, volley, volume, vulture, Venus

Three or more syllable words:

• volleyball, ventilator, vacuum cleaner, vanity set, videotape, valentine's Day, volunteer, Vaseline, vocabulary, veterinary, verify, vacation, vibration, valentine, verity, violin, night vision, volcanic, vanilla, vocalic, veranda, violet, vanadium, vuvuzela, vegetable, vehicle, ventriloquist, vertical, veteran, veterinarian, viaduct, video, vinegar, viola, violinist, visual, vitamin, volcano, Virginia, West Virginia

Words with /v/ sound in the middle

One syllable words:

• cloves, svelte, leaves

Two syllable words:

• adverb, invert, TV, fever, weaver, leaver, beaver, lever, savant, evening, moving, use (vb), convey, survey, driveway, avoid, oval, graveyard, read (v), event, invent, Advil, invite, revolt, eavesdrop, grapevine, revise, clover, drover, over, rover, cover, provoke, revoke, advance, advice, device, diver, driver, heaven, seven, even, flavor, favor, saver, savor, clever, ever, never, gravy, navy, heavy, chevy, divorce, level, devil, revel, movie, groovy, nervous, service, reverse, inverse, oven, coven, convince, raven, rival, river, sliver, shiver, liver, giver, striver, shovel, hovel, silver, sleeveless, involve, themselves, wall shelves

Three or more syllable words:

• oven glove, evasion, invasion, TV bench, overcoat, riverboat, wavy hair, seventy five, overall, seventy three, thanksgiving turkey, excavator, navigator, elevator, believer, receiver, unbeliever, satellite receiver, anniversary, covering, truck driving, thanksgiving, observing, non living, seventy four, herbivore, carnivore, screwdriver bit, everyday, seventy eight, liver pate, separate (vb), aspirate (vb), precipitate (vb), graduate (vb), cavalier, souvenir, Avocado, diving board, seventy two, living room, seventeen, wolverine, overflow, involuntary, beverage, everybody, overcook, avalanche, alveolar ridge, silver medal, seventy one, everyone, salvation, starvation, conversation, renovation, seventy nine, envelope, overcrowd, hangover, layover, leftover, moreover, four leaf clover, division, cell division, television, cover letter, effervescent, riveter, November, Adventist, overprice, arriver, survivor, screwdriver, truck driver, eleven, twenty seven, thirty seven, forty seven, fifty seven, sixty seven, seventy seven, eighty seven, ninety seven, envelop, develop, every, seventy six, forever, endeavor, however, whoever, observation post, non verbal, ravioli, gravity, cavity, nasal cavity, oral cavity, divisor, advisor, lavatory, observatory, dust devil, low level, high level, harvester, postal service, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, universe, pavilion, evolution, revolution, provinces, arrival, revival, survival, deliver, caregiver, seventy, slipcover, antiviral, Ourselves, university, diversity, biodiversity, uvula, vuvuzela, Nevada, Pennsylvania

Words with /v/ sound at the end

One syllable words:

• dove, love, of, shove, glove, stove, grove, dive, drive, five, hive, brave, cave, crave, gave, grave, pave, rave, save, shave, slave, waive, wave, curve, nerve, serve, swerve, eave, leave, grieve, eve, sleeve, thieve, we’ve, give, live, groove, move, prove, solve, twelve, shelve, valve

Two syllable words:

• above, rock dove, golf glove, mangrove, alive, skydive, beehive, archive, arrive, hard drive, concave, engrave, cursive, conserve, deserve, observe, preserve, reserve, believe, receive, plosive, forgive, relive, remove, motive, olive, involve, resolve, dissolve, valve stem

Three or more syllable words:

• oven glove, baseball glove, boxing glove, rubber glove, in front of, Abrasive, adhesive, cohesive, twenty five, thirty five, forty five, fifty five, sixty five, seventy five, eighty five, ninety five, microwave, tray of food, bunch of grapes, optic nerve, detective, collective, effective, objective, protective, selective, subjective, retrospective, ineffective, explosive, corrosive, erosive, gustative, locomotive, emotive, automotive, negative, positive, portative, positive, relative, corrosive, explosive