# Letters with an acute accent

Copy vowels and consonants with an acute accent. The mark rises to the right, as in á, é, í, ó, ú, ć, ń, and ś.

## Characters available in this tool

- Á: Capital A with acute (U+00C1)
- á: Lowercase a with acute (U+00E1)
- É: Capital E with acute (U+00C9)
- é: Lowercase e with acute (U+00E9)
- Í: Capital I with acute (U+00CD)
- í: Lowercase i with acute (U+00ED)
- Ó: Capital O with acute (U+00D3)
- ó: Lowercase o with acute (U+00F3)
- Ú: Capital U with acute (U+00DA)
- ú: Lowercase u with acute (U+00FA)
- Ý: Capital Y with acute (U+00DD)
- ý: Lowercase y with acute (U+00FD)
- Ć: Capital C with acute (U+0106)
- ć: Lowercase c with acute (U+0107)
- Ń: Capital N with acute (U+0143)
- ń: Lowercase n with acute (U+0144)
- Ś: Capital S with acute (U+015A)
- ś: Lowercase s with acute (U+015B)
- Ź: Capital Z with acute (U+0179)
- ź: Lowercase z with acute (U+017A)
- Ŕ: Capital R with acute (U+0154)
- ŕ: Lowercase r with acute (U+0155)
- Ĺ: Capital L with acute (U+0139)
- ĺ: Lowercase l with acute (U+013A)

## Find the right character

### Acute vowels

Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú Ý ý

Used across Spanish, French, Portuguese, Irish, Icelandic, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and many other languages.

### Acute consonants

Ć ć Ń ń Ś ś Ź ź Ŕ ŕ Ĺ ĺ

These are alphabet letters in several Central and Eastern European writing systems.

## How to type and insert these characters

### Use Alt codes for common vowels

With Num Lock on, hold Alt and enter the listed four-digit code on the numeric keypad. Extended letters such as ć and ś are more reliable through a language layout, Character Map, or Word Unicode conversion.

### Press Option + E, then the letter

On the US or ABC layout, press Option + E, release, and type A, E, I, O, U, or Y. Hold Shift with the final letter for uppercase. Character Viewer covers additional consonants.

### Hold the base letter

Touch and hold the base letter, slide to the acute form, and release. Add the relevant language keyboard if a consonant such as ś or ć is missing.

### Use Ctrl + apostrophe or Alt+X

For common vowels, press Ctrl + apostrophe, release, and type the letter. Any listed character can also be entered from its hexadecimal Unicode value followed by Alt+X.

## Character codes

| Character | Name | Group | Unicode | Windows Alt | HTML named | HTML decimal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Á | Capital A with acute | Vowels | `U+00C1` | `Alt+0193` | `Á` | `Á` |
| á | Lowercase a with acute | Vowels | `U+00E1` | `Alt+0225` | `á` | `á` |
| É | Capital E with acute | Vowels | `U+00C9` | `Alt+0201` | `É` | `É` |
| é | Lowercase e with acute | Vowels | `U+00E9` | `Alt+0233` | `é` | `é` |
| Í | Capital I with acute | Vowels | `U+00CD` | `Alt+0205` | `Í` | `Í` |
| í | Lowercase i with acute | Vowels | `U+00ED` | `Alt+0237` | `í` | `í` |
| Ó | Capital O with acute | Vowels | `U+00D3` | `Alt+0211` | `Ó` | `Ó` |
| ó | Lowercase o with acute | Vowels | `U+00F3` | `Alt+0243` | `ó` | `ó` |
| Ú | Capital U with acute | Vowels | `U+00DA` | `Alt+0218` | `Ú` | `Ú` |
| ú | Lowercase u with acute | Vowels | `U+00FA` | `Alt+0250` | `ú` | `ú` |
| Ý | Capital Y with acute | Vowels | `U+00DD` | `Alt+0221` | `Ý` | `Ý` |
| ý | Lowercase y with acute | Vowels | `U+00FD` | `Alt+0253` | `ý` | `ý` |
| Ć | Capital C with acute | Consonants | `U+0106` | Not standard | `Ć` | `Ć` |
| ć | Lowercase c with acute | Consonants | `U+0107` | Not standard | `ć` | `ć` |
| Ń | Capital N with acute | Consonants | `U+0143` | Not standard | `Ń` | `Ń` |
| ń | Lowercase n with acute | Consonants | `U+0144` | Not standard | `ń` | `ń` |
| Ś | Capital S with acute | Consonants | `U+015A` | Not standard | `Ś` | `Ś` |
| ś | Lowercase s with acute | Consonants | `U+015B` | Not standard | `ś` | `ś` |
| Ź | Capital Z with acute | Consonants | `U+0179` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ź` |
| ź | Lowercase z with acute | Consonants | `U+017A` | Not standard | Not listed | `ź` |
| Ŕ | Capital R with acute | Consonants | `U+0154` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ŕ` |
| ŕ | Lowercase r with acute | Consonants | `U+0155` | Not standard | Not listed | `ŕ` |
| Ĺ | Capital L with acute | Consonants | `U+0139` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ĺ` |
| ĺ | Lowercase l with acute | Consonants | `U+013A` | Not standard | Not listed | `ĺ` |

For ordinary writing, copy and paste the character itself. Use an HTML entity only in HTML source. A listed Windows Alt code requires a numeric keypad and may depend on the active character set.

## How the acute accent is used

The acute accent is the short diagonal mark that rises to the right. Its function is language-specific. It can mark word stress, distinguish words, indicate vowel quality or length, represent tone, or form a separate alphabet letter.

Spanish uses acute accents on vowels for written stress and grammatical distinctions. French uses é as a characteristic E form. Polish uses acute-marked consonants including ć, ń, ś, and ź, where the mark is part of the letter rather than a removable stress sign.

The spacing acute symbol ´, the apostrophe ', and the combining acute mark are different characters. For ordinary writing, copy the complete letter shown above rather than substituting punctuation that only resembles the mark.

**Acute á rises, while grave à falls**

The acute accent slopes upward toward the right: á. The grave accent slopes downward toward the right: à. Font style can change the angle, but the two characters remain distinct.

## Questions about Acute accent

### Which direction does an acute accent face?

It rises from lower left to upper right, as in é. The grave accent points in the opposite direction.

### What is the acute accent Alt code for é?

On Windows with a numeric keypad, hold Alt and enter 0233 for é or 0201 for É.

### Does the acute accent always mark stress?

No. It marks stress in some writing systems, but can indicate tone, vowel quality, length, or a distinct alphabet letter in others.

### Is an apostrophe the same as an acute accent?

No. An apostrophe is punctuation. A dead-key shortcut may use the apostrophe key to produce an acute letter, but the resulting accented letter is a different character.

### How do I type ś in Word?

Type 015B and press Alt+X for ś. Type 015A and press Alt+X for Ś.

## Related character pages

- [All accent marks](https://umlautletters.com/accent-marks/)
- [A with accent](https://umlautletters.com/a-with-accent/)
- [E with accent](https://umlautletters.com/e-with-accent/)
- [I with accent](https://umlautletters.com/i-with-accent/)
- [O with accent](https://umlautletters.com/o-with-accent/)
- [U with accent](https://umlautletters.com/u-with-accent/)
- [N with accent](https://umlautletters.com/n-with-accent/)
- [C with accent](https://umlautletters.com/c-with-accent/)
- [S with accent](https://umlautletters.com/s-with-accent/)
- [R with accent](https://umlautletters.com/r-with-accent/)
- [G with accent](https://umlautletters.com/g-with-accent/)
- [Z with accent](https://umlautletters.com/z-with-accent/)
- [Browse by languageSee language character sets →](https://umlautletters.com/languages/)
- [All accented letters](https://umlautletters.com/accented-letters/)

References: [Unicode acute accent record](https://www.unicode.org/charts/nameslist/n_0300.html), [RAE Spanish orthography](https://www.rae.es/ortograf%C3%ADa-b%C3%A1sica/), [Unicode Combining Diacritical Marks](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0300.pdf), [Unicode Latin Extended-A](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0100.pdf), [Unicode Latin Extended Additional](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1E00.pdf), [Apple accent entry guidance](https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/mac-help/mh27474/mac), [Microsoft character code guidance](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/word/insert-ascii-or-unicode-character-codes-in-word).

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