Listed below are the keyboard shortcuts or Windows ALT codes for letter E with accents. The accents on the letter E are also called accent marks, diacritics, or diacritical marks. There is a specific ALT code for each accented capital (uppercase / majuscule) letter E and each accented small (lowercase / minuscule) letter E, as indicated in the table below. Also indicated are the corresponding HTML entity numeric character reference and HTML entity named character reference (if available). If you are new to ALT codes and need detailed instructions on how to use them, please read How to Use ALT Codes to Enter Special Characters. If you’re in a hurry, in the list below just tap or click any letter E with accent to copy and paste into your document.
Accented Letter | Accented Letter Alt Code | Accented Letter Name | Unicode Code Point | HTML Entity HEX | HTML Entity DEC | HTML Entity Named |
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é | ALT 130 or ALT 0233 | Latin small letter e with acute (síneadh fada, čárka, dĺžeň, kreska), accent aigu | U+00E9 | é | é | &#eacute; |
É | ALT 144 or ALT 0201 | Latin capital letter E with acute (síneadh fada, čárka, dĺžeň, kreska), accent aigu | U+00C9 | É | É | &#Eacute; |
è | ALT 138 or ALT 0232 | Latin small letter e with grave | U+00E8 | è | è | &#egrave; |
È | ALT 0200 | Latin capital letter E with grave | U+00C8 | È | È | &#Egrave; |
ė | ALT 279 | Latin small letter e with dot above | U+0117 | ė | ė | &#edot; |
Ė | ALT 278 | Latin capital letter E with dot above | U+0116 | Ė | Ė | &#Edot; |
ê | ALT 136 or ALT 0234 | Latin small letter e with circumflex | U+00EA | ê | ê | &#ecirc; |
Ê | ALT 0202 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex | U+00CA | Ê | Ê | &#Ecirc; |
ë | ALT 137 or ALT 0235 | Latin small letter e with diaeresis (umlaut, tréma) | U+00EB | ë | ë | &#euml; |
Ë | ALT 0203 | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis (umlaut, tréma) | U+00CB | Ë | Ë | &#Euml; |
ě | ALT 283 | Latin small letter e with caron (háček, mäkčeň, strešica, kljukica, kvaka, kvačica, paukščiukas, varnelė, katus, hattu, ičášleče) | U+011B | ě | ě | &#ecaron; |
Ě | ALT 282 | Latin capital letter E with caron (háček, mäkčeň, strešica, kljukica, kvaka, kvačica, paukščiukas, varnelė, katus, hattu, ičášleče) | U+011A | Ě | Ě | &#Ecaron; |
ĕ | ALT 277 | Latin small letter e with breve | U+0115 | ĕ | ĕ | |
Ĕ | ALT 276 | Latin capital letter E with breve | U+0114 | Ĕ | Ĕ | |
ē | ALT 275 | Latin small letter e with macron | U+0113 | ē | ē | &#emacr; |
Ē | ALT 274 | Latin capital letter E with macron | U+0112 | Ē | Ē | &#Emacr; |
ẽ | ALT 7869 | Latin small letter e with tilde (virgulilla) | U+1EBD | ẽ | ẽ | |
Ẽ | ALT 7868 | Latin capital letter E with tilde (virgulilla) | U+1EBC | Ẽ | Ẽ | |
ę | ALT 281 | Latin small letter e with ogonek (nosinė) | U+0119 | ę | ę | &#eogon; |
Ę | ALT 280 | Latin capital letter E with ogonek (nosinė) | U+0118 | Ę | Ę | &#Eogon; |
ȩ | ALT 553 | Latin small letter e with cedilla (cédille, cedilhado, cedilha) | U+0229 | ȩ | ȩ | |
Ȩ | ALT 552 | Latin capital letter E with cedilla (cédille, cedilhado, cedilha) | U+0228 | Ȩ | Ȩ | |
ɇ | ALT 583 | Latin small letter e with stroke | U+0247 | ɇ | ɇ | |
Ɇ | ALT 582 | Latin capital letter E with stroke | U+0246 | Ɇ | Ɇ | |
ế | ALT 7871 | Latin small letter e with circumflex and acute | U+1EBF | ế | ế | |
Ế | ALT 7870 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex and acute | U+1EBE | Ế | Ế | |
ề | ALT 7873 | Latin small letter e with circumflex and grave | U+1EC1 | ề | ề | |
Ề | ALT 7872 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex and grave | U+1EC0 | Ề | Ề | |
ḗ | ALT 7703 | Latin small letter e with macron and acute | U+1E17 | ḗ | ḗ | |
Ḗ | ALT 7702 | Latin capital letter E with macron and acute | U+1E16 | Ḗ | Ḗ | |
ḕ | ALT 7701 | Latin small letter e with macron and grave | U+1E15 | ḕ | ḕ | |
Ḕ | ALT 7700 | Latin capital letter E with macron and grave | U+1E14 | Ḕ | Ḕ | |
ễ | ALT 7877 | Latin small letter e with circumflex and tilde (virgulilla) | U+1EC5 | ễ | ễ | |
Ễ | ALT 7876 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex and tilde (virgulilla) | U+1EC4 | Ễ | Ễ | |
ḝ | ALT 7709 | Latin small letter e with cedilla (cédille, cedilhado, cedilha) and breve | U+1E1D | ḝ | ḝ | |
Ḝ | ALT 7708 | Latin capital letter E with cedilla (cédille, cedilhado, cedilha) and breve | U+1E1C | Ḝ | Ḝ | |
ẻ | ALT 7867 | Latin small letter e with hook above | U+1EBB | ẻ | ẻ | |
Ẻ | ALT 7866 | Latin capital letter E with hook above | U+1EBA | Ẻ | Ẻ | |
ȅ | ALT 517 | Latin small letter e with double grave | U+0205 | ȅ | ȅ | |
Ȅ | ALT 516 | Latin capital letter E with double grave | U+0204 | Ȅ | Ȅ | |
ȇ | ALT 519 | Latin small letter e with inverted breve | U+0207 | ȇ | ȇ | |
Ȇ | ALT 518 | Latin capital letter E with inverted breve | U+0206 | Ȇ | Ȇ | |
ể | ALT 7875 | Latin small letter e with circumflex and hook above | U+1EC3 | ể | ể | |
Ể | ALT 7874 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex and hook above | U+1EC2 | Ể | Ể | |
ẹ | ALT 7865 | Latin small letter e with dot below | U+1EB9 | ẹ | ẹ | |
Ẹ | ALT 7864 | Latin capital letter E with dot below | U+1EB8 | Ẹ | Ẹ | |
ḙ | ALT 7705 | Latin small letter e with circumflex below | U+1E19 | ḙ | ḙ | |
Ḙ | ALT 7704 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex below | U+1E18 | Ḙ | Ḙ | |
ḛ | ALT 7707 | Latin small letter e with tilde (virgulilla) below | U+1E1B | ḛ | ḛ | |
Ḛ | ALT 7706 | Latin capital letter E with tilde (virgulilla) below | U+1E1A | Ḛ | Ḛ | |
ệ | ALT 7879 | Latin small letter e with circumflex and dot below | U+1EC7 | ệ | ệ | |
Ệ | ALT 7878 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex and dot below | U+1EC6 | Ệ | Ệ |
Usage of the various forms of the accented letter “E”
Here’s a guide on the names, pronunciation, and phonetic and linguistic values of the various letter “E” characters with accents or diacritics, along with the languages, alphabets, or writing systems that use them:
- é and É:
- Diacritical Mark: Acute accent (French: accent aigu)
- Pronunciation: “é” represents a high front vowel sound, similar to the “ay” sound in English “say.” “É” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: French, Portuguese, Hungarian, Catalan, Spanish, and more.
- è and È:
- Diacritical Mark: Grave accent (French: accent grave)
- Pronunciation: “è” represents a mid open-mid front vowel sound, similar to the “e” sound in English “bed.” “È” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: French, Italian, Catalan, Vietnamese, and more.
- ė and Ė:
- Diacritical Mark: Dot above (Lithuanian: ogonek)
- Pronunciation: “ė” represents a mid central vowel sound, similar to the “e” sound in English “hurt.” “Ė” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: Lithuanian.
- ê and Ê:
- Diacritical Mark: Circumflex accent (French: accent circonflexe)
- Pronunciation: “ê” represents a mid open-mid front unrounded vowel sound, similar to the “e” sound in Portuguese “pé.” “Ê” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: Vietnamese, Portuguese (borrowed words).
- ë and Ë:
- Diacritical Mark: Diaeresis or umlaut (French: tréma)
- Pronunciation: “ë” represents a mid central unrounded vowel sound, similar to the “e” sound in French “peur.” “Ë” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: Albanian, Dutch, Luxembourgish, and more.
- ě and Ě:
- Diacritical Mark: Caron or háček (Czech: háček)
- Pronunciation: In Czech and Slovak, “ě” represents a mid front unrounded vowel sound, similar to the “e” sound in French “fête.” “Ě” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: Czech, Slovak.
- ĕ and Ĕ:
- Diacritical Mark: Breve (Romanian: brâu)
- Pronunciation: In Romanian, “ĕ” represents a mid central unrounded vowel sound, similar to the “e” sound in English “hurt.” “Ĕ” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: Romanian.
- ē and Ē:
- Diacritical Mark: Macron
- Pronunciation: “ē” represents a long mid front vowel sound, similar to the “ay” sound in English “say.” “Ē” represents the same sound in its capitalized form.
- Languages/Alphabets: Latin, Latvian.
- ẽ and Ẽ:
- Diacritical Mark: Tilde (Portuguese: til)
- Pronunciation: In Portuguese, “ẽ” represents a nasalized mid open-mid front vowel sound.
- Languages/Alphabets: Portuguese.
- ę and Ę:
- Diacritical Mark: Ogonek (Polish: ogonek)
- Pronunciation: In Polish, “ę” represents a nasalized mid open-mid front vowel sound.
- Languages/Alphabets: Polish.
- ȩ and Ȩ, ɇ and Ɇ, ế and Ế, ề and Ề, ḗ and Ḗ, ḕ and Ḕ, ễ and Ễ, ḝ and Ḝ:
- Pronunciation: These characters might represent specific phonetic sounds in linguistic contexts.
- Languages/Alphabets: Limited use in certain linguistic or historical contexts.
- ẻ and Ẻ, ȅ and Ȅ, ȇ and Ȇ, ể and Ể, ẹ and Ẹ, ḙ and Ḙ, ḛ and Ḛ, ệ and Ệ:
- Pronunciation: These characters might represent specific phonetic sounds in linguistic contexts.
- Languages/Alphabets: Limited use in certain linguistic or historical contexts.
Please note that the pronunciation of these characters can vary depending on the specific linguistic context, alphabet, or transcription system being used. Additionally, the usage of these characters might extend beyond the examples provided here. Always refer to the specific linguistic or phonetic conventions of the language or system you’re working with to ensure accurate pronunciation and usage.
For the the complete list of the first 256 ASCII-based Windows ALT Codes, visit Windows ALT Codes for Special Characters & Symbols. For the ALT codes of other letters with accents or diacritical marks, grouped by letter or the language they are used in, visit ALT Codes for Latin Letters with Accents or Diacritical Marks used in Foreign Languages.