ALT Codes for Letter O with Accents

Listed below are the keyboard shortcuts or Windows ALT codes for letter O with accents. The accents on the letter O are also called accent marks, diacritics, or diacritical marks. There is a specific ALT code for each accented capital (uppercase / majuscule) letter O and each accented small (lowercase / minuscule) letter O, 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 O with accent to copy and paste into your document.

The Latin letter O can be modified with various diacritical marks or accents to represent specific sounds or to indicate stress or vowel quality in different languages. Here are some of the common diacritical marks used with the letter O:

1. Accent marks:
– The acute accent (ó) is used in languages like Spanish, Portuguese, and Hungarian to indicate a stressed or high-pitched pronunciation of the vowel.
– The grave accent (ò) is used in languages like Italian, Catalan, and French to indicate a specific pronunciation or to distinguish homophones.
– The circumflex accent (ô) is used in languages like French, Portuguese, and Romanian to indicate specific vowel sounds or lengthening of the vowel.

2. Umlaut/diaeresis:
– The diaeresis/umlaut (ö) is used in German, Swedish, and other languages to represent a distinct vowel sound. It indicates that the vowel should be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the preceding vowel.

3. Other diacritical marks:
– The macron (ō) is used in Latin transliteration and some Native American languages to indicate a long vowel sound.
– The tilde (õ) is used in Portuguese and Estonian to indicate nasalization of the vowel.

The usage of diacritical marks with the letter O varies across different languages. Here are some languages that utilize the Latin letter O with diacritical marks:

– Spanish: Uses acute accents (ó) to indicate stress.
– Portuguese: Uses acute accents (ó), grave accents (ò), and tildes (õ) for various purposes.
– French: Uses acute accents (ó), grave accents (ò), circumflex accents (ô), and diaeresis/umlaut (ö).
– Italian: Uses grave accents (ò).
– German: Uses umlaut/diaeresis (ö).
– Hungarian: Uses acute accents (ó) for stress and lengthening.
– Romanian: Uses circumflex accents (ô).
– Catalan: Uses grave accents (ò).

These are just a few examples, and there may be additional languages that utilize the Latin letter O with diacritical marks based on their specific phonetic systems or orthographic conventions.

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.