Spanish Words Starting with V

There are 3,478 Spanish words starting with V, and three vowels sit within five points of one another at the top.

A Three Way Split After V

E takes about thirty one percent, I twenty seven and A twenty six. O adds twelve and U three, so five vowels cover almost the whole page.

V Sounds Exactly Like B

Spanish draws no audible line between the two. VACA and BACA are pronounced the same way, and only the spelling separates them.

This is why the V page and the B page are worth studying together. Hearing a word will never tell you which of the two letters it starts with.

Common V Words to Learn

VIAJE, VIENTO, VENTANA, VOLVER and VECINO reach four branches and are among the more useful nouns and verbs a learner meets.

• Viaje
• Viento
• Ventana
• Volver
• Vecino

Naming the Letter Aloud

Because the sound is shared, Spanish speakers spelling a word aloud call V uve or ve corta and B be larga, purely to tell the two apart.

If you are searching for a word and cannot find it here, the B page is the first place to look next.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there really no difference between B and V

Not in ordinary speech anywhere in the Spanish speaking world. Some teaching materials suggest one, but native pronunciation does not carry it.

How do learners decide which letter to write

By memorising the word. A few patterns exist, such as verbs in the imperfect tense taking B, but most words have to be learned individually.

Which V words appear most often

VER and VENIR are among the most used verbs in Spanish, and their many forms fill a good part of the E branch here.