# Letters with a tilde

Copy letters with a tilde, including ã, ẽ, ĩ, ñ, õ, ũ, ṽ, and ỹ. Uppercase and lowercase forms are included.

## Characters available in this tool

- Ã: Capital A with tilde (U+00C3)
- ã: Lowercase a with tilde (U+00E3)
- Ẽ: Capital E with tilde (U+1EBC)
- ẽ: Lowercase e with tilde (U+1EBD)
- Ĩ: Capital I with tilde (U+0128)
- ĩ: Lowercase i with tilde (U+0129)
- Õ: Capital O with tilde (U+00D5)
- õ: Lowercase o with tilde (U+00F5)
- Ũ: Capital U with tilde (U+0168)
- ũ: Lowercase u with tilde (U+0169)
- Ñ: Capital N with tilde (U+00D1)
- ñ: Lowercase n with tilde (U+00F1)
- Ṽ: Capital V with tilde (U+1E7C)
- ṽ: Lowercase v with tilde (U+1E7D)
- Ỹ: Capital Y with tilde (U+1EF8)
- ỹ: Lowercase y with tilde (U+1EF9)

## Find the right character

### Tilde vowels

à ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Õ õ Ũ ũ

Tilde vowels can mark nasalization, tone, or another language-specific distinction.

### Tilde consonants and extended forms

Ñ ñ Ṽ ṽ Ỹ ỹ

Spanish treats ñ as a separate letter. V and Y with tilde occur in particular orthographies and Vietnamese text.

## How to type and insert these characters

### Use Alt codes for ã, ñ, and õ

With Num Lock on, use the listed four-digit Alt codes for common Latin-1 forms. Use Character Map, a language layout, or Word Unicode entry for ẽ, ĩ, ũ, ṽ, and ỹ.

### Press Option + N, then the letter

On the US or ABC layout, press Option + N, release, and type A, N, or O. Other combinations may work by layout, while Character Viewer covers the complete set.

### Hold the base letter

Touch and hold the letter, then slide to the tilde form. Add a Spanish, Portuguese, or Vietnamese keyboard when the required character is missing.

### Use Ctrl + Shift + tilde or Alt+X

Press Ctrl + Shift + tilde, release, and type a supported letter. For any listed form, enter its hexadecimal Unicode value and press Alt+X.

## Character codes

| Character | Name | Group | Unicode | Windows Alt | HTML named | HTML decimal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ã | Capital A with tilde | Vowels | `U+00C3` | `Alt+0195` | `Ã` | `Ã` |
| ã | Lowercase a with tilde | Vowels | `U+00E3` | `Alt+0227` | `ã` | `ã` |
| Ẽ | Capital E with tilde | Vowels | `U+1EBC` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ẽ` |
| ẽ | Lowercase e with tilde | Vowels | `U+1EBD` | Not standard | Not listed | `ẽ` |
| Ĩ | Capital I with tilde | Vowels | `U+0128` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ĩ` |
| ĩ | Lowercase i with tilde | Vowels | `U+0129` | Not standard | Not listed | `ĩ` |
| Õ | Capital O with tilde | Vowels | `U+00D5` | `Alt+0213` | `Õ` | `Õ` |
| õ | Lowercase o with tilde | Vowels | `U+00F5` | `Alt+0245` | `õ` | `õ` |
| Ũ | Capital U with tilde | Vowels | `U+0168` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ũ` |
| ũ | Lowercase u with tilde | Vowels | `U+0169` | Not standard | Not listed | `ũ` |
| Ñ | Capital N with tilde | Consonants | `U+00D1` | `Alt+0209` | `Ñ` | `Ñ` |
| ñ | Lowercase n with tilde | Consonants | `U+00F1` | `Alt+0241` | `ñ` | `ñ` |
| Ṽ | Capital V with tilde | Extended letters | `U+1E7C` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ṽ` |
| ṽ | Lowercase v with tilde | Extended letters | `U+1E7D` | Not standard | Not listed | `ṽ` |
| Ỹ | Capital Y with tilde | Extended letters | `U+1EF8` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ỹ` |
| ỹ | Lowercase y with tilde | Extended letters | `U+1EF9` | Not standard | Not listed | `ỹ` |

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.

## What a tilde does above a letter

A tilde is the wavy mark seen above letters such as ñ, ã, and õ. Its job changes by language. It can indicate nasalization, tone, or a distinct alphabet letter.

Spanish ñ is a separate letter called eñe. Portuguese commonly uses ã and õ for nasal vowels. Vietnamese uses tilde-marked vowels as part of its tone system, including forms that may carry more than one visible mark.

The standalone tilde ~ used in computing and the small tilde ˜ are not substitutes for a finished letter. A keyboard may use the tilde key as a dead key that waits for the base letter.

**A tilde is not a macron or breve**

The tilde is wavy: ã. A macron is straight: ā. A breve is curved like a shallow bowl: ă. These shapes represent different marks and characters.

## Questions about Tilde letters

### Which letters can have a tilde?

Common precomposed Latin forms include Ã, Ẽ, Ĩ, Ñ, Õ, and Ũ with lowercase equivalents. Unicode also includes V and Y with tilde.

### Is ñ just N with an accent?

It has a visible tilde, but Spanish treats ñ as a separate alphabet letter called eñe.

### What is the Alt code for ñ?

On Windows with a numeric keypad, use Alt+0241 for ñ or Alt+0209 for Ñ.

### How do I type ã on a Mac?

Press Option + N, release the keys, and press A. Hold Shift with the final A for Ã.

### Is ~ the same character as the mark over ñ?

No. The standalone tilde is a spacing symbol. The visible mark in ñ is part of the completed letter or a combining sequence.

## Related character pages

- [All accent marks](https://umlautletters.com/accent-marks/)
- [N with accent](https://umlautletters.com/n-with-accent/)
- [N with tilde](https://umlautletters.com/n-with-tilde/)
- [A with tilde](https://umlautletters.com/a-with-tilde/)
- [A with accent](https://umlautletters.com/a-with-accent/)
- [O with accent](https://umlautletters.com/o-with-accent/)
- [Browse by languageSee language character sets →](https://umlautletters.com/languages/)
- [All accented letters](https://umlautletters.com/accented-letters/)

References: [Unicode tilde 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).

[View this page on Umlaut Letters](https://umlautletters.com/tilde-letters/)

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