diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
index 03190c4dcf..7438b85fbc 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function get_attribute_name(element, attribute, context) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Serializes each style directive into something like `$.style(element, style_property, value)`
+ * Serializes each style directive into something like `$.set_style(element, style_property, value)`
  * and adds it either to init or update, depending on whether or not the value or the attributes are dynamic.
  * @param {import('#compiler').StyleDirective[]} style_directives
  * @param {import('estree').Identifier} element_id
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function serialize_style_directives(style_directives, element_id, context, is_at
 
 		const update = b.stmt(
 			b.call(
-				'$.style',
+				'$.set_style',
 				element_id,
 				b.literal(directive.name),
 				value,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function serialize_class_directives(class_directives, element_id, context, is_at
 	const state = context.state;
 	for (const directive of class_directives) {
 		const value = /** @type {import('estree').Expression} */ (context.visit(directive.expression));
-		const update = b.stmt(b.call('$.class_toggle', element_id, b.literal(directive.name), value));
+		const update = b.stmt(b.call('$.toggle_class', element_id, b.literal(directive.name), value));
 		const contains_call_expression = directive.expression.type === 'CallExpression';
 
 		if (!is_attributes_reactive && contains_call_expression) {
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@ function serialize_element_spread_attributes(
 
 	const lowercase_attributes =
 		element.metadata.svg || is_custom_element_node(element) ? b.false : b.true;
-	const id = context.state.scope.generate('spread_attributes');
+	const id = context.state.scope.generate('attributes');
 
 	const update = b.stmt(
 		b.assignment(
 			'=',
 			b.id(id),
 			b.call(
-				'$.spread_attributes',
+				'$.set_attributes',
 				element_id,
 				b.id(id),
 				b.array(values),
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
 	if (attributes.length === 0) {
 		if (context.state.analysis.css.hash) {
 			context.state.init.push(
-				b.stmt(b.call('$.class_name', element_id, b.literal(context.state.analysis.css.hash)))
+				b.stmt(b.call('$.set_class', element_id, b.literal(context.state.analysis.css.hash)))
 			);
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
 	}
 
 	if (needs_isolation || is_reactive) {
-		const id = context.state.scope.generate('spread_attributes');
+		const id = context.state.scope.generate('attributes');
 		context.state.init.push(b.let(id));
 
 		const update = b.stmt(
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
 				'=',
 				b.id(id),
 				b.call(
-					'$.spread_dynamic_element_attributes',
+					'$.set_dynamic_element_attributes',
 					element_id,
 					b.id(id),
 					b.array(values),
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
 	context.state.init.push(
 		b.stmt(
 			b.call(
-				'$.spread_dynamic_element_attributes',
+				'$.set_dynamic_element_attributes',
 				element_id,
 				b.literal(null),
 				b.array(values),
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
  * ```js
  * element.property = value;
  * // or
- * $.attr(element, property, value);
+ * $.set_attribute(element, property, value);
  * });
  * ```
  * Resulting code for dynamic looks something like this:
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
  * 	if (value !== (value = 'new value')) {
  * 		element.property = value;
  * 		// or
- * 		$.attr(element, property, value);
+ * 		$.set_attribute(element, property, value);
  * 	}
  * });
  * ```
@@ -444,7 +444,9 @@ function serialize_element_attribute_update_assignment(element, node_id, attribu
 
 	// The foreign namespace doesn't have any special handling, everything goes through the attr function
 	if (context.state.metadata.namespace === 'foreign') {
-		const statement = { grouped: b.stmt(b.call('$.attr', node_id, b.literal(name), value)) };
+		const statement = {
+			grouped: b.stmt(b.call('$.set_attribute', node_id, b.literal(name), value))
+		};
 		if (attribute.metadata.dynamic) {
 			const id = state.scope.generate(`${node_id.name}_${name}`);
 			serialize_update_assignment(state, id, undefined, value, statement, contains_call_expression);
@@ -464,11 +466,11 @@ function serialize_element_attribute_update_assignment(element, node_id, attribu
 	let update;
 
 	if (name === 'class') {
-		update = b.stmt(b.call(is_svg ? '$.svg_class_name' : '$.class_name', node_id, value));
+		update = b.stmt(b.call(is_svg ? '$.set_svg_class' : '$.set_class', node_id, value));
 	} else if (DOMProperties.includes(name)) {
 		update = b.stmt(b.assignment('=', b.member(node_id, b.id(name)), value));
 	} else {
-		const callee = name.startsWith('xlink') ? '$.xlink_attr' : '$.attr';
+		const callee = name.startsWith('xlink') ? '$.set_xlink_attribute' : '$.set_attribute';
 		update = b.stmt(b.call(callee, node_id, b.literal(name), value));
 	}
 
@@ -1397,7 +1399,7 @@ function process_children(nodes, expression, is_element, { visit, state }) {
 
 			const update = b.stmt(
 				b.call(
-					'$.text',
+					'$.set_text',
 					text_id,
 					/** @type {import('estree').Expression} */ (visit(node.expression))
 				)
@@ -1431,7 +1433,7 @@ function process_children(nodes, expression, is_element, { visit, state }) {
 
 			const [contains_call_expression, value] = serialize_template_literal(sequence, visit);
 
-			const update = b.stmt(b.call('$.text', text_id, value));
+			const update = b.stmt(b.call('$.set_text', text_id, value));
 
 			if (contains_call_expression && !within_bound_contenteditable) {
 				state.init.push(serialize_update(update));
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
index e896350d80..3a0a5ca791 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import { autofocus } from './misc.js';
  */
 export function remove_input_attr_defaults(dom) {
 	if (hydrating) {
-		attr(dom, 'value', null);
-		attr(dom, 'checked', null);
+		set_attribute(dom, 'value', null);
+		set_attribute(dom, 'checked', null);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function remove_input_attr_defaults(dom) {
  * @param {string} attribute
  * @param {string | null} value
  */
-export function attr(element, attribute, value) {
+export function set_attribute(element, attribute, value) {
 	value = value == null ? null : value + '';
 
 	// @ts-expect-error
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function attr(element, attribute, value) {
  * @param {string} attribute
  * @param {string} value
  */
-export function xlink_attr(dom, attribute, value) {
+export function set_xlink_attribute(dom, attribute, value) {
 	dom.setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', attribute, value);
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function set_custom_element_data(node, prop, value) {
 	if (prop in node) {
 		node[prop] = typeof node[prop] === 'boolean' && value === '' ? true : value;
 	} else {
-		attr(node, prop, value);
+		set_attribute(node, prop, value);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function set_custom_element_data(node, prop, value) {
  * @param {string} css_hash
  * @returns {Record<string, unknown>}
  */
-export function spread_attributes(element, prev, attrs, lowercase_attributes, css_hash) {
+export function set_attributes(element, prev, attrs, lowercase_attributes, css_hash) {
 	var next = object_assign({}, ...attrs);
 	var has_hash = css_hash.length !== 0;
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export function spread_attributes(element, prev, attrs, lowercase_attributes, cs
 					value += css_hash;
 				}
 
-				attr(element, name, value);
+				set_attribute(element, name, value);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export function spread_attributes(element, prev, attrs, lowercase_attributes, cs
  * @param {Record<string, unknown>[]} attrs
  * @param {string} css_hash
  */
-export function spread_dynamic_element_attributes(node, prev, attrs, css_hash) {
+export function set_dynamic_element_attributes(node, prev, attrs, css_hash) {
 	if (node.tagName.includes('-')) {
 		var next = object_assign({}, ...attrs);
 
@@ -193,15 +193,15 @@ export function spread_dynamic_element_attributes(node, prev, attrs, css_hash) {
 		}
 
 		return next;
-	} else {
-		return spread_attributes(
-			/** @type {Element & ElementCSSInlineStyle} */ (node),
-			prev,
-			attrs,
-			node.namespaceURI !== namespace_svg,
-			css_hash
-		);
 	}
+
+	return set_attributes(
+		/** @type {Element & ElementCSSInlineStyle} */ (node),
+		prev,
+		attrs,
+		node.namespaceURI !== namespace_svg,
+		css_hash
+	);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/class.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/class.js
index d411ac8477..074152d901 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/class.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/class.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { set_class_name } from '../operations.js';
  * @param {string} value
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function svg_class_name(dom, value) {
+export function set_svg_class(dom, value) {
 	// @ts-expect-error need to add __className to patched prototype
 	var prev_class_name = dom.__className;
 	var next_class_name = to_class(value);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function svg_class_name(dom, value) {
  * @param {string} value
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function class_name(dom, value) {
+export function set_class(dom, value) {
 	// @ts-expect-error need to add __className to patched prototype
 	var prev_class_name = dom.__className;
 	var next_class_name = to_class(value);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function to_class(value) {
  * @param {boolean} value
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function class_toggle(dom, class_name, value) {
+export function toggle_class(dom, class_name, value) {
 	if (value) {
 		dom.classList.add(class_name);
 	} else {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/style.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/style.js
index 56257d3fb3..96922bdc5f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/style.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/style.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import { render_effect } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
-
 /**
  * @param {HTMLElement} dom
  * @param {string} key
  * @param {string} value
  * @param {boolean} [important]
  */
-export function style(dom, key, value, important) {
+export function set_style(dom, key, value, important) {
 	const style = dom.style;
 	const prev_value = style.getPropertyValue(key);
 	if (value == null) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
index 3526b83815..fea594d9c8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function set_should_intro(value) {
  * @param {string} value
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function text(dom, value) {
+export function set_text(dom, value) {
 	// @ts-expect-error need to add __value to patched prototype
 	const prev_node_value = dom.__nodeValue;
 	const next_node_value = stringify(value);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/dynamic-attributes-casing/_expected/client/main.svelte.js b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/dynamic-attributes-casing/_expected/client/main.svelte.js
index 5f9d45dfbd..3f13e05aff 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/dynamic-attributes-casing/_expected/client/main.svelte.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/dynamic-attributes-casing/_expected/client/main.svelte.js
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ export default function Main($$anchor, $$props) {
 	var custom_element = $.sibling($.sibling(svg, true));
 	var div_1 = $.sibling($.sibling(custom_element, true));
 
-	$.render_effect(() => $.attr(div_1, "foobar", y()));
+	$.render_effect(() => $.set_attribute(div_1, "foobar", y()));
 
 	var svg_1 = $.sibling($.sibling(div_1, true));
 
-	$.render_effect(() => $.attr(svg_1, "viewBox", y()));
+	$.render_effect(() => $.set_attribute(svg_1, "viewBox", y()));
 
 	var custom_element_1 = $.sibling($.sibling(svg_1, true));
 
 	$.render_effect(() => $.set_custom_element_data(custom_element_1, "fooBar", y()));
 
 	$.render_effect(() => {
-		$.attr(div, "foobar", x);
-		$.attr(svg, "viewBox", x);
+		$.set_attribute(div, "foobar", x);
+		$.set_attribute(svg, "viewBox", x);
 		$.set_custom_element_data(custom_element, "fooBar", x);
 	});
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
index f65b30c4f1..43f6d25f8c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function Each_string_template($$anchor, $$props) {
 		($$anchor, thing, $$index) => {
 			var text = $.space_frag($$anchor);
 
-			$.render_effect(() => $.text(text, `${$.stringify($.unwrap(thing))}, `));
+			$.render_effect(() => $.set_text(text, `${$.stringify($.unwrap(thing))}, `));
 			return $.close($$anchor, text);
 		},
 		null
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/function-prop-no-getter/_expected/client/index.svelte.js b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/function-prop-no-getter/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
index 58832a1d68..c50bc71263 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/function-prop-no-getter/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/function-prop-no-getter/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default function Function_prop_no_getter($$anchor, $$props) {
 		children: ($$anchor, $$slotProps) => {
 			var text = $.space_frag($$anchor);
 
-			$.render_effect(() => $.text(text, `clicks: ${$.stringify($.get(count))}`));
+			$.render_effect(() => $.set_text(text, `clicks: ${$.stringify($.get(count))}`));
 			return $.close($$anchor, text);
 		}
 	});