E With Acute (é) (é)
The e with acute (é) é is Unicode U+00E9, the Latin letter e accented with an acute mark, used widely in French and Spanish. Press Copy to put it on your clipboard, or type it with Alt + 0233 on Windows or Option + E, then E on a Mac.
- Unicode
U+00E9- HTML
é- Windows
Alt + 0233- Mac
Option + E, then E
How to type the e with acute (é) (é)
The quickest way is to press Copy above and paste. To type é yourself, use the method for your device below. On Windows the alt code is Alt + 0233. On a Mac it is Option + E, then E.
Windows
- Hold Alt and type 0233 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt. Num Lock must be on. This uses the Windows-1252 code page, so it works in almost every Windows app.
- Hold Alt and type 130 on the numeric keypad. This older code (from code page 437) works in Notepad, Word and most desktop apps.
- In Word or Outlook, type 00E9 and press Alt + X. Alt + X converts the hex code before the cursor into the character, and back again.
- Press Win + R, type charmap and press Enter. Tick “Advanced view”, search for Latin Small Letter E with Acute, then Select and Copy. Character Map is built into every version of Windows.
Mac
- Press Option+EthenE. On the standard US and US-International layouts.
- Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for e acute and double-click it.
Linux & ChromeOS
- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type e9, then press Enter or Space. Works in GTK and IBus apps (GNOME, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice) and on ChromeOS.
- Press your Compose key, then ' e. Needs a Compose key set in your keyboard settings.
iPhone & iPad
- Touch and hold the e key on your iPhone or iPad keyboard, then slide your finger to é.
- Copy é from this page, then go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement and add it with a shortcut such as ;e. The shortcut then turns into the symbol as you type, in every app.
Android
- In Gboard, touch and hold the e key, then drag your finger to é in the pop-up accent list.
- Copy é here, then open Gboard settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary and add it with a shortcut.
Microsoft Word
- Type 00E9, then press Alt + X.
- Insert → Symbol → More Symbols. Set “from” to Unicode (hex), type 00E9 in “Character code” and click Insert.
- On a Mac, Option+EthenE works in Word too.
Google Docs
- Insert → Special characters, then search for “e acute” or draw it in the box.
Excel & Google Sheets
- Enter
=UNICHAR(233)in a cell. It works in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.
HTML
- Write
éoréin your HTML.
What does é mean?
The letter e with acute é (capital É, Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE) is one of the most frequently used accented vowels in world alphabets. The acute accent (´), called accent aigu in French and acento agudo in Spanish, slants upward from lower-left to upper-right. It changes the vowel’s pronunciation, signals primary syllable stress, or disambiguates homophones in languages across Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
In French, é is essential. It indicates a close-mid front unrounded vowel sound /e/, contrasting sharply with the open sound of è (accent grave) and ê (circonflexe). English has borrowed hundreds of everyday French terms that retain é in formal publishing, such as café, résumé, cliché, fiancé, décor, and protégé. In Spanish, é marks regular past tense forms (hablé, compré), irregular verbs (esté), and stressed syllables in words that defy standard stress rules (inglés, café). It performs comparable roles in Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and Vietnamese.
Typing é is straightforward on modern keyboards. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0233 (or Alt + 130) on the numeric keypad. On a Mac, press Option + E, release, and then tap E. On iPhone and Android smartphones, simply hold your finger on the letter E key and slide to select é from the popup accent menu. In web design, you can write the named HTML entity é or paste the literal character directly.
Common uses
- English loanwords: Grab a coffee at the local café
- Professional resumes: Updating my résumé for a new application
- Spanish grammar: Ayer hablé con mi hermano (Yesterday I spoke with my brother)
- French vocabulary and conjugation: été (summer), créé (created)
E With Acute (é) codes for HTML, CSS and programming
Every code below produces é. Use the HTML entity in web pages, the CSS escape in content, and the escape sequence in source code.
| Unicode code point | U+00E9 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML entity (named) | é | |
| HTML decimal | é | |
| HTML hex | é | |
| CSS content | content: "\E9"; | |
| JavaScript | "\u00E9" | |
| Python | "\u00E9" | |
| Python (by name) | "\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE}" | |
| Java / C# | "\u00E9" | |
| UTF-8 bytes | C3 A9 | |
| UTF-16 | 00E9 | |
| URL encoded | %C3%A9 | |
| Windows Alt code | Alt + 0233 | |
| Alt code (CP437) | Alt + 130 | |
| Mac shortcut | Option + E, then E |
é vs look-alike characters
These characters look similar to é but have a different meaning and code. Pasting the wrong one can break search, sorting and screen readers.
| Char | Name | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
E with GraveU+00E8 | E with grave accent (U+00E8), sloping downward from top-left. | |
E with CircumflexU+00EA | E with circumflex (U+00EA), capped with a pointed hat. | |
E with DiaeresisU+00EB | E with diaeresis (U+00EB), featuring two dots above the letter. | |
Capital E with AcuteU+00C9 | Uppercase E with acute (U+00C9), the capital counterpart. |
Symbols similar to é
Click to copy, or open a symbol for its codes.
é character properties
- Official Unicode name
- LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
- Also known as
- e acute, e with acute accent, lowercase e acute, accented e
- Code point
- U+00E9
- Unicode block
- Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080–U+00FF)
- General category
- Lowercase letter (Ll)
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Plane
- Basic Multilingual Plane (0)
- Emoji
- No, it is a text symbol
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between é and è?
é has an acute accent sloping up to the right and produces a closed /e/ sound in French. è has a grave accent sloping down to the right and produces an open /ɛ/ sound.
How do I type é on Windows?
Hold Alt and type 0233 on the numeric keypad, or type 00E9 in Word and press Alt + X.
What is the alt code for the e with acute (é)?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0233 on the numeric keypad to get é. The shorter code Alt + 130 also works in most desktop apps. On a laptop without a keypad, copy it from this page or use 00E9 then Alt + X in Word.
How do I type the e with acute (é) on a Mac?
Press Option + E, then E. It works in every app on the US keyboard layout. You can also open the Character Viewer with Control + Command + Space and search for it.
What is the HTML code for the e with acute (é)?
Use the named entity é or the numeric reference é (hex é). All three display é in every browser.
What is the Unicode for the e with acute (é)?
é is U+00E9, officially named LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, in the Latin-1 Supplement block. It has been part of Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).