E/e

Also known as e, Echo, ᴇ, echo

E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is e (pronounced ); plural es, Es, or ''E's''.

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E is the fifth letter of the alphabet and the second vowel, used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because as a fundamental component of written language, it appears frequently in text and is essential for spelling and reading words correctly.

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Key facts

Grapheme.name: E
Grapheme.letter: E e
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc: ic
Grapheme.language: Latin language
Grapheme.unicode: U+0045, U+0065
Grapheme.alphanumber: 5
Grapheme.fam1: A28
Grapheme.fam2: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Heh
Grapheme.fam3: 𐤄
Grapheme.fam4: Ε ε ϵ
Grapheme.fam5: 𐌄
Grapheme.usageperiod: 700 BCE to present
Grapheme.associates: ee, e(x), e(x)(y)
Grapheme.direction: Left-to-right
Grapheme.image: File:Latin_letter_E.svg
Grapheme.imageclass: skin-invert-image

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Wikidata facts

Image: Semaphore Echo.svg

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Unicode character: ℯ
Commons category: E
Commons gallery: E
code: E

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Name
History
Use in writing systems
English
Other languages
Other systems
Frequency
Other uses
Related characters
Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations
Other representations
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Other
See also
Notes
References
External links

It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.