letter W
Follows V alphabetically
The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet.
W is the only letter whose name has more than one syllable, and the only one whose name doesn't contain the sound it represents.
The letter derives from a doubled V or U—hence its name, "double-u." In English, W typically begins words water, winter, window but falls silent in certain combinations: write, wrong, sword.
- double-uLetter between V, X
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- uppercaseCapital letter form
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