I with accent

How to type the common accented i letters

These are the accented forms of i used in major languages, with the Windows alt code, the Mac shortcut and the HTML code for each.

Usage and pronunciation of accented I letters

The accented letter I features prominently across Romance, Celtic, Slavic, and Turkic orthographies. In Spanish, Portuguese, Irish, and Czech, the acute accent (í) marks syllable stress or long vowel phonemes. French and Romanian employ the circumflex (î) to denote historic vowels or specific central vowel qualities, while Dutch and French use the trema/diaeresis (ï) to signal that the vowel belongs to a separate syllable, as in naïve.

In the Turkish alphabet, a crucial distinction exists between the dotted letter i (whose capital form retains the dot: İ) and the dotless letter ı (whose capital form is plain I). Confusing these distinct characters causes spelling and computational errors in Turkic linguistic processing.

Browse other common accented vowels and consonants: a with accent, e with accent, o with accent, u with accent, y with accent, plus accented consonants n with accent, c with accent, s with accent, z with accent, l with accent, g with accent. Learn universal keyboard methods in our how to type accents guide and browse the complete alt codes for accents reference.