English Alphabet (A yo Z)

English Alphabet

The English alphabet consists of 26 letters. Each letter has an uppercase ("capital letter") and a lowercase ("small letter") form.

#	Capital Letter	Small Letter	Name
1	A	a	a
2	B	b	bee
3	C	c	cee
4	D	d	dee
5	E	e	e
6	F	f	ef
7	G	g	gee
8	H	h	(h)aitch
9	I	i	i
10	J	j	jay
11	K	k	kay
12	L	l	el
13	M	m	em
14	N	n	en
15	O	o	o
16	P	p	pee
17	Q	q	cue
18	R	r	ar
19	S	s	ess
20	T	t	tee
21	U	u	u
22	V	v	vee
23	W	w	double-u
24	X	x	ex
25	Y	y	wy
26	Z	z	zee/zed

Notes

• Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels: A, E, I, O, U.
• The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y.
  Written English includes the digraphs: ch ci ck gh ng ph qu rh sc sh th ti wh wr zh. These are not considered separate letters of the alphabet.
• Two letters, “A” and “I,” also constitute words