Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet. Old English was first written down using the Latin alphabet during the 7th century.

List of all 26 letters in the English Alphabet with names (words), pronunciation, number, capital and small letters from A to Z.

Until 1835, the English Alphabet consisted of 27 letters: right after "Z" the 27th letter of the alphabet was ampersand (&). The English Alphabet (or Modern English Alphabet) today consists of 26 letters: 23 from Old English and 3 added later.

The modern English alphabet is a Latin alphabet of 26 letters (each having an uppercase and a lowercase form), of which five [1] are vowels (a, e, i, o, and u) and 21 are consonants – exactly the same letters that are found in the ISO basic Latin alphabet:

This page lists the letters of the English alphabet from a to z. Vocabulary for ESL learners and teachers.

The 26 letters of the English alphabet are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Want to learn about the English alphabet? We go over how many letters there are, where the alphabet originated from, and explain what vowels and consonants are.

The alphabet is the set of 26 letters (from A to Z) that we use to represent English in writing: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z It is very important to understand that the letters of the alphabet do NOT always represent the same sounds of English.