Example of Words With B and V

One of the most frequent spelling doubts is whether some words should be written with b or with v.

The letters b and v are of those that have graphic representations from the most remote antiquity. They already existed in the Phoenician alphabet. However, at that time they had a very specific difference: The letter b, from its origin represents the phoneme / b /, as in a boat or boat. The letter v was derived from a letter from which the phonemes / u /, / y / and / b / were derived. In the Roman alphabet, the symbol V could represent both the phonemes / u / and / b /. The phoneme / b / was used when the letter was written between two vowels. It had the sound / u /, when it was written before or after a consonant.

Currently both letters represent the same sound, the phoneme / b /.

One of the main spelling doubts is knowing in which cases the b is used and in which the v.

Spelling rules for the use of b and v:

Although there are exceptions, the general rules are summarized in the following:

They are written with b:

• All words that have the sound b after the letter m:

Change, atmosphere, amber.

• The conjugations of the copreterite, those that end in -aba, -aban, etc:

They sang, you rolled, I cried.

• Words ending in –bility (except mobility, which derives from mobile):

Skill, affability, kindness.

• Words that start with -ba, -bu- bo:

Shuffle, donkey, good.

• Words that start with –ab, -abs, -ob, -obs:

Abstract, abdomen, obsession, stubborn.

They are written with v:

• Adjectives ending in –avo, -ava, -ave, -ivo, -iva, -eva, -evo, -eve:

Slight, smooth, twelfth.

• Verb conjugations that end in -uve, -uviste, -uvo, -we, -uvisteis, -uían:

I walked, maintained, you sustained.

• Derivatives of the verb go:

I'm going, you'll come, they came.

• Words that start with –ad, sub, or –in ::

Warning, grant, investment

• Words that start with –vice or –villa:

Vice Admiral, Carol, Vice President

In Spanish there are words that have both letters, this is a list of those words.

More than 100 examples of words with b and v:

1. Ablative
2. Abortive
3. Abrasive
4. Abbreviated
5. Abbreviating
6. Abbreviate
7. Abbreviation
8. Absolve
9. They acquitted
10. Acquitted
11. You absolved
12. Abusive
13. Adverbial
14. Adverb
15. Ambivalence
16. Ambivalent
17. Bas-relief
18. Benevolence
19. Benevolent
20. Benevolently
21. Benevolent
22. welcome
23. Well live
24. Bivalence
25. Bivalent
26. Vault
27. Bovine
28. Bravo
29. Bravery
30. Fig
31. Brief
32. Brevity
33. Breviary
34. Very brief
35. Arable
36. Divisibility
37. Divisible
38. Enviable
39. Avoidable
40. Evocable
41. Taxable
42. Herbivorous
43. Immovable
44. Inevitable
45. Useless
46. Priceless
47. Invariable
48. Invincible
49. Inviolability
50. Inviolable
51. Invisibility
52. Invisible
53. Invulnerable
54. Movable
55. Navigable
56. Objectively
57. objective
58. Obviously
59. Obvious
60. Obvious
61. foreseeable
62. Removable
63. Reverberation
64. Reverberant
65. Reverberate
66. Reversible
67. Revocable
68. Salvable
69. Overvalue
70. Overvalue
71. Ensue
72. Survive
73. Subjectively
74. To subject
75. Subjective
76. Subjunctive
77. Uprising
78. Revolted
79. Insurgent
80. Revolt
81. grant
82. Drainable
83. They wavered
84. Homeless
85. They validated
86. Varabas
87. Variable
88. Salable
89. We venerated
90. Verbena
91. Verb
92. Vestibular
93. Lobby
94. Viability
95. Viable
96. Snake
97. Vibration
98. Vibrant
99. Vibrate
100. Vibratory
101. Visibility
102. Visible
103. Vocabulary
104. Fickle
105. Vulnerable