The letter V is the twenty-second letter in the English alphabet. It is a consonant and has only one sound, which is pronounced as /v/ . The uppercase form of the letter V is "V" and the lowercase form is "v". The name of the letter V is "vee" and it is pronounced as /viː/ . The letter V is not used very frequently in English and has a frequency of about 1% in words. It is the sixth least frequently used letter in the English language.