Letters With Accents: á é í ó ú – Copy & Paste (Aa–Zz)

This is the ultimate collection of letters with accents on a single page. Every accented character for A to Z is here to copy and paste with one click + Keyboard shortcuts. Below the grids, find where each accent letter is used (countries), how it is pronounced, example words, and the full ALT code for every one of these letters with accent marks.

Tip: click any letter below to copy it instantly to your clipboard, then paste it wherever you need. Need to type them instead? See the keyboard shortcuts table.

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Q has no accented forms in standard alphabets — it takes no diacritics in normal writing.

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Keyboard shortcuts for accent letters (Microsoft Word)

These keyboard shortcuts add an accent to any letter in Microsoft Word and most Office apps. Hold the key combination, release it, then press the base letter. For example, for à: hold Ctrl + `, release, then press a. On Windows outside Office, use the ALT code shown in each letter table below; on Mac, hold Option and a key, then the letter.

Where accent letters come from & how the marks work

An accent letter is a normal letter combined with a small mark called a diacritic. These letters with accents change how a letter is pronounced, which syllable is stressed, or even count as a completely separate letter of the alphabet. Marks can sit above a letter (acute á, grave à, circumflex â, tilde ã), below it (cedilla ç), or through it (stroke ø, ł). The five you will meet most often are the acute (stress or a higher pitch, as in café), the grave (a lower or more open sound, as in père), the circumflex (a change in vowel quality or a dropped historical letter, as in hôtel), the diaeresis/umlaut (pronounce the vowel separately or shift it, as in Noël and German über), and the cedilla (softens C to an “s”, as in garçon). Knowing this makes it far easier to pick the right letters with accent marks for the language you are writing.

Accent letters explained, letter by letter

Here is what each group of accent letters is for, with the languages that use them, real example words, and the full ALT code and language table for every variant. Use the grids above to copy any character you need, or the keyboard shortcuts to type them.

A with accent

á (a-acute) is one of the most widely used letters with accents. In Spanish it marks a stressed vowel, as in árbol (tree) and rápido (fast); in Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian and Icelandic it also signals stress or a long vowel. à (a-grave) appears in Italian (città, city; papà, dad), French (voilà, déjà) and Catalan (català).

â (a-circumflex) is common in French (château, pâte), Portuguese (câmara) and Romanian (mâine, tomorrow). ä (a-umlaut / a-diaeresis) is a core vowel in German (Mädchen, girl; Bäcker, baker), Finnish (äiti, mother) and Swedish. ã (a-tilde) is a nasal vowel in Portuguese (São Paulo, maçã, apple). å (a-ring) is a distinct letter in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish (Ångström, Åland, vår). ā (a-macron) marks a long vowel in Latin, Latvian, Māori and romanised Japanese. The ligature æ is a separate letter in Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic (Æble) and appears in English loanwords like encyclopædia. These are among the most searched accent letters because names and place names rely on them.

B with accent

B rarely takes a diacritic in major European languages. ḃ (b-dot) appears in older Irish orthography, ɓ (b-hook) is used in several African languages such as Hausa and Fula, and ƀ (b-stroke) appears in some transliteration systems. These are uncommon letters with accents mostly needed for linguistics and African names.

C with accent

ç (c-cedilla) is the most important accented C. It gives a soft “s” sound before hard vowels in French (garçon, boy; façade), Portuguese (coração, heart; maçã, apple) and Catalan, and it is a full letter in Turkish (çay, tea) and Azerbaijani. ć (c-acute) is Polish (ćma) and Croatian/Serbian. č (c-caron) sounds like “ch” in Czech, Slovak, Slovenian and Croatian (Čech, počítač, computer). ĉ (c-circumflex) is Esperanto. These accent letters are copied constantly for names like François and Novák.

D with accent

đ (d-stroke) is a separate letter in Croatian, Serbian (Latin) and Vietnamese (đồng, the currency). ď (d-caron) is Czech and Slovak (ďábel, devil). The letter ð (eth) is used in Icelandic and Faroese for a “th” sound (Óðinn). These letters with accent marks are needed for names from the Balkans, Iceland and Vietnam.

E with accent

é (e-acute) is the most common accented character in Western Europe. In French it marks a closed “ay” sound (café, résumé, fiancé); in Spanish it shows stress (bebé, café); and it is standard in Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, Czech and Icelandic. Anyone searching for e with accent almost always wants é first. è (e-grave) marks an open “eh” in French (père, très, mère) and Italian (caffè, è, meaning “is”).

ê (e-circumflex) appears in French (fête, être, forêt) and Portuguese (você, três). ë (e-diaeresis) tells you to pronounce the vowel separately, as in Noël, Zoë and Dutch ideeën. ě (e-caron) is Czech (děti, children). ē (e-macron) is a long vowel in Latvian, Lithuanian and romanised Japanese and Māori. Because e with accent mark covers names, brand spellings and everyday French vocabulary, these letters with accent marks are copied constantly.

F with accent

F takes almost no accents in everyday writing. ḟ (f-dot) belongs to old Irish spelling, and ƒ (f-hook) is best known as the florin currency symbol and in phonetic notation. These are rare accent letters.

G with accent

ğ (g-breve, the “soft g”) is a Turkish letter that lengthens the preceding vowel (dağ, mountain; Erdoğan). ĝ is Esperanto, ģ is Latvian, and ǧ appears in some transliteration systems. When people search letters with accents for Turkish names, ğ is usually the one they need.

H with accent

ĥ (h-circumflex) is Esperanto, ħ (h-bar) is a full letter in Maltese (ħal) and also the symbol for the reduced Planck constant in physics, and ḥ (h-dot) is common in Arabic and Hebrew transliteration. These letters with accent marks mainly serve Maltese, science and romanisation.

I with accent

í (i-acute) marks a stressed vowel in Spanish (día, day; sí, yes), Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian and Icelandic. ì (i-grave) is Italian (così, lunedì, Monday). î (i-circumflex) appears in French (île, island; maître) and Romanian (în, in). ï (i-diaeresis) signals a separately pronounced vowel in French (naïve, maïs, corn) and English loanwords. ī (i-macron) is a long vowel in Latvian, Māori and romanised Japanese. The dotless ı and dotted İ are separate letters in Turkish and Azerbaijani, which is why Turkish names often trip up English keyboards.

J with accent

ĵ (j-circumflex) is used in Esperanto, and ǰ (j-caron) appears in phonetic transcription and some romanisation systems. Accented J is otherwise very rare among letters with accents.

K with accent

ķ (k-cedilla) is Latvian, ǩ (k-caron) is used in Skolt Sami, and ƙ (k-hook) appears in several African languages. These are specialist accent letters.

L with accent

ł (l-stroke) is a Polish letter pronounced like English “w” (Łódź, Wałęsa, mały, small). ľ (l-caron) and ĺ (l-acute) are Slovak, and ļ (l-cedilla) is Latvian. ł is one of the more surprising letters with accents for English speakers because it does not sound like an L at all.

M with accent

M is one of the few letters with almost no accented forms in living orthographies. ṁ (m-dot) appears in old Irish spelling and ḿ (m-acute) in some Slavic transliteration. Genuinely rare letters with accents.

N with accent

ñ (n-tilde) is the signature letter of Spanish, standing for the “ny” sound in español, niño (child), mañana (tomorrow) and señor. It is a separate letter of the Spanish alphabet, not just an accented N, and it also appears in Galician, Basque and Filipino. ń (n-acute) is Polish (koń, horse). ň (n-caron) is Czech and Slovak (kůň). ņ (n-cedilla) is Latvian. ñ is one of the single most searched letters with accents because of Spanish names and words.

O with accent

ó (o-acute) shows stress in Spanish (corazón, heart), Polish (where it sounds like “u”, as in Kraków), Portuguese, Czech and Hungarian. ò (o-grave) is Italian (però, but) and Catalan. ô (o-circumflex) appears in French (hôtel, côte) and Portuguese (avô, grandfather). ö (o-umlaut) is a full vowel in German (schön, beautiful; Köln, Cologne), Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish.

õ (o-tilde) is nasal in Portuguese (João, limões, lemons) and a distinct vowel in Estonian. ø (o-slash) is a separate letter in Danish and Norwegian (Ørsted, søster, sister). ō (o-macron) marks a long vowel in romanised Japanese (Tōkyō, Ōsaka), Māori and Latin. The ligature œ is used in French (cœur, heart; œuf, egg). O has one of the largest sets of accent letters, which is why it appears so often in letters with accents searches for names and places.

P with accent

ṗ (p-dot) is used in old Irish orthography and ᵽ / ƥ appear in phonetic and African-language contexts. Accented P is uncommon among accent letters.

Q with accent

Q has essentially no accented forms in standard European alphabets, which is why this group is the smallest. The rare ɋ appears only in specialist phonetic notation. If you were looking for Q among letters with accents, it simply does not take diacritics in normal writing.

R with accent

ř (r-caron) is a famously difficult Czech sound found in the composer Dvořák and řeka (river). ŕ (r-acute) is Slovak, and ŗ (r-cedilla) is Latvian. These are specialist accent letters but essential for Czech and Slovak names.

S with accent

š (s-caron) sounds like “sh” and is used across Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian and Finnish loanwords (Škoda, Tomáš). ś (s-acute) is Polish (Śląsk, Silesia). ş (s-cedilla) is Turkish (şeker, sugar) and Romanian (şi, and). ș (s-comma) is the correct Romanian form. The sharp S, ß (eszett), is a German letter that stands for a double “s” (Straße, street; Fußball). These letters with accent marks show up in surnames and place names throughout Central Europe.

T with accent

ť (t-caron) is Czech and Slovak (ťava, camel). ţ (t-cedilla) and ț (t-comma) are Romanian (ț sounds like “ts”, as in București, Bucharest). The letter þ (thorn) is Icelandic, standing for the “th” in Þór (Thor). These accent letters appear in Romanian and Icelandic names.

U with accent

ú (u-acute) marks stress in Spanish (música), Portuguese, Czech, Icelandic and Irish (Dún). ù (u-grave) is Italian (più, more) and French (où, where). û (u-circumflex) is French (sûr, sure; coût, cost). ü (u-umlaut / u-diaeresis) is a core vowel in German (über, Müller, Zürich), Hungarian and Turkish, and in Spanish it appears in pingüino to show the u is pronounced. When people look up u with accent, ü and ú are the two they usually need.

ū (u-macron) is a long vowel in romanised Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian and Māori. ů (u-ring) is specifically Czech (dům, house). German also uses the special forms ǘ ǚ ǜ ǖ for tone marking in Chinese Pinyin (lǜ, green; nǚ, woman). These letters with accent marks matter for German brand names and Pinyin study alike.

V with accent

ṽ (v-tilde) and ṿ (v-dot) appear mainly in transliteration of Indian and other languages, and ʋ is a phonetic symbol. Accented V is rare among everyday accent letters.

W with accent

ŵ (w-circumflex) and ẃ / ẁ (w-acute / w-grave) are used in Welsh, where W can act as a vowel (ŵy, egg). ẅ (w-diaeresis) is also Welsh. These letters with accent marks are almost exclusively Welsh.

X with accent

X takes diacritics only in specialist contexts. ẋ (x-dot) and ẍ (x-diaeresis) appear in transliteration and phonetic notation. There are essentially no common accent letters based on X.

Y with accent

ý (y-acute) marks a long vowel in Czech and Slovak (býk, bull) and appears in Icelandic and Welsh. ÿ (y-diaeresis) is rare but shows up in French surnames such as Aÿ and in Dutch. ŷ (y-circumflex) is Welsh. These are less common accent letters but still needed for proper names.

Z with accent

ž (z-caron) is a “zh” sound used in Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian (Dvořák region names, žaba, frog). ź (z-acute) and ż (z-dot) are both Polish and contrast in pronunciation (źle, badly; żaba, frog). These accent letters are essential for Slavic names.

Frequently asked questions about letters with accents

How do I copy a letter with an accent from this page?

Click any character in the grids above. The accent letter is copied to your clipboard immediately, and you can paste it into a document, message, form or search bar with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac).

How do I type an accent letter with a keyboard shortcut?

In Microsoft Word, use the keyboard shortcuts table: hold a key combination such as Ctrl + ', release it, then press the letter to get é, á, í and so on. Elsewhere on Windows, hold Alt and type the number in each ALT code table; on Mac, hold Option and a key, then the letter.

What is the difference between á, à, â, ä and ã?

They are the same base letter with different accent marks: á acute, à grave, â circumflex, ä diaeresis/umlaut and ã tilde. Each signals a different pronunciation, which is why these letters with accents are not interchangeable.

Are accented letters the same as separate letters of the alphabet?

Sometimes. In Spanish, ñ is its own letter; in Danish and Norwegian, å, æ and ø are separate letters. In French and Portuguese, most accent letters are variants of the base vowel rather than new letters.

Which letters with accents are the most common?

By far the most searched and used are é, á, í, ó, ú, ñ, ü and ç, because they appear across Spanish, French, Portuguese and German names and everyday words.

Will these letters with accent marks work everywhere I paste them?

Yes. Every character here is standard Unicode, so it displays correctly in Word, Google Docs, email, social media, and virtually any modern app or website.