English uses 26 letters in a fixed set from A to Z. Each letter has a letter name, and those names are what you say when you speak or spell the alphabet. Every letter has two forms—uppercase (like A) and lowercase (like a)—but the letter name stays the same. English vowels are only five letters: A, E, I, O, U; all other letters are consonants. Letters are always in the same order from A to Z, so you can say the alphabet to check where a letter appears in a list. When you spell, you say the letter names one at a time in that order: A, then B, then C, and so on.

Say the full English alphabet and identify any letter in the A–Z set.

English has 26 letters. The full set is 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, and Z. Each letter has a name, and the name is what you say when you speak or spell the alphabet. The letters are the basic written forms used in English.

Full English letter names in alphabetical order

Word	Notation	Description	Example
A	ay	The letter A is named with the long a sound.	Please write A at the top of the page.
B	bee	The letter B is named with the bee sound.	I can see B on the card.
C	see	The letter C is named with the see sound.	Please point to C first.
D	dee	The letter D is named with the dee sound.	I wrote D beside the line.
E	ee	The letter E is named with the ee sound.	Please circle E on the sheet.
F	ef	The letter F is named with the ef sound.	I can hear F in the name.
G	jee	The letter G is named with the jee sound.	Please trace G slowly.
H	aitch	The letter H is named with the aitch sound.	I found H near the top.
I	eye	The letter I is named with the eye sound.	Please underline I in your notes.
J	jay	The letter J is named with the jay sound.	I wrote J on the board.
K	kay	The letter K is named with the kay sound.	Please match K with the same card.
L	el	The letter L is named with the el sound.	I can see L at the end.
M	em	The letter M is named with the em sound.	Please say M clearly.
N	en	The letter N is named with the en sound.	I wrote N in the margin.
O	oh	The letter O is named with the oh sound.	Please choose O from the row.
P	pee	The letter P is named with the pee sound.	I circled P in red.
Q	cue	The letter Q is named with the cue sound.	Please say Q with me.
R	ar	The letter R is named with the ar sound.	I marked R on the chart.
S	ess	The letter S is named with the ess sound.	Please copy S exactly.
T	tee	The letter T is named with the tee sound.	I wrote T in the first box.
U	you	The letter U is named with the you sound.	Please point to U next.
V	vee	The letter V is named with the vee sound.	I can spot V right away.
W	double you	The letter W is named with the double you sound.	Please repeat W after me.
X	ex	The letter X is named with the ex sound.	I underlined X on the page.
Y	why	The letter Y is named with the why sound.	Please write Y in the last space.
Z	zee	The letter Z is named with the zee sound.	I found Z at the end of the list.

Correctly read and say A vs a, recognizing they are the same letter.

Classify letters as vowels or consonants and remember the vowel group when you study.

Five English letters are vowels: A, E, I, O, and U. All the other letters are consonants. When you learn the alphabet, it helps to know the vowels as a separate group because they are the only five letters in English with that name.

English vowels and consonant letter groups

Example	Pattern
Please circle A and E first.	The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, and U.
Please mark B as a consonant.	All other English letters are consonants.

Spell words letter-by-letter and use alphabet order to check where a letter appears in a list.

You can use the English alphabet confidently.

You now know that English has 26 letters (A–Z), and that each letter has a name you say when speaking or spelling. You can recognize uppercase and lowercase forms as the same letter, and you can identify vowels (A, E, I, O, U) versus consonants. You can also say the alphabet in order and spell letter-by-letter clearly.