The names of the letters are commonly spelled out in compound words and initialisms (e.g., tee-shirt, deejay, emcee, okay, etc.), derived forms (e.g., exed out, effing, to eff and blind, aitchless, etc.), and objects named after … See more

The most common diacritic marks seen in English publications are the acute (é), grave (è), circumflex (â, î, or ô), tilde (ñ), umlaut and Diaeresis … See more

The letter most commonly used in English is E. The least used letter is Z. The frequencies shown in the table may differ in practice … See more

Old English
The English language itself was initialy written in the Anglo-Saxon futhorc runic alphabet, in use from the 5th century. This alphabet was brought to what is now England, along with the proto-form of the language itself, by See more

Apostrophe
The apostrophe (ʼ) is not usually considered part of the English alphabet nor used as a diacritic, even in loanwords. But it is used for two … See more

The letters A, E, I, O, and U are considered vowel letters, since (except when silent) they represent vowels, although I and U … See more

There have been a number of proposals to extend or replace the basic English alphabet. These include proposals for the addition of letters to … See more