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Learn about the 26 letters of the English alphabet, their phonic (pronunciation) names, and their history. The English alphabet is based on the Latin script and has 21 consonants and 5 vowels. It also includes digraphs and diacritics.
#Capital LetterSmall LetterPhonic (pronunciation)1Aa/eɪ/, /æ/2Bb/biː/3Cc/siː/4Dd/diː/Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies.
- October 2, 2015; 8 years ago
- Conglomerate
- 181,798 (June 2023)
Learn the 26 letters of the English alphabet, their names, and how to write them in capital and small forms. Find out the difference between vowels and consonants, and explore more about the English alphabet.
An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters correspond to phonemes, the categories of sounds that can distinguish one word from another in a given language.
- DictionaryAl·pha·bet/ˈalfəˌbet/
noun
- 1. a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z: "the first letter of the alphabet"
Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of the word alphabet, which refers to a set of letters or characters used in a language. See examples of alphabet in sentences and related phrases and articles.