Spanish Alphabet with Pronunciation

Spanish Language Learning
2 min readFeb 15, 2023

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The Spanish alphabet consists of 27 letters, which are:

A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z.

The pronunciation of each letter is as follows:

Spanish Alphabet with Pronunciation

- A: ah (like the “a” in “father”)
- B: beh (like the English “b”)
- C: seh (like the “s” in “sun” before the vowels “a,” “o,” or “u”; like the “th” in “thin” before the vowels “e” or “i”)
- D: deh (like the English “d”)
- E: eh (like the “e” in “set”)
- F: ef-eh (like the English “f”)
- G: heh (like the hard “g” in “go” before the vowels “a,” “o,” or “u”; like the “h” in “huge” before the vowels “e” or “i”)
- H: ah-cheh (silent in most cases, but sometimes used to indicate a different pronunciation of the letter “c” before “e” or “i”)
- I: ee (like the “ee” in “see”)
- J: ho-tah (like the “h” in “huge,” but more pronounced; somewhat like the “ch” in “loch” or the “j” in “John”)
- K: kah (like the English “k”)
- L: eleh (like the English “l”)
- M: emeh (like the English “m”)
- N: eneh (like the English “n”)
- Ñ: en-yeh (like the “ny” sound in “canyon”)
- O: oh (like the “o” in “go”)
- P: peh (like the English “p”)
- Q: koo (like the English “k” but pronounced further back in the throat)
- R: ereh (rolled or trilled “r” sound, made by vibrating the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth)
- S: eh-seh (like the “s” in “sun”)
- T: teh (like the English “t”)
- U: oo (like the “oo” in “boot”)
- V: beh (like the English “v”)
- W: doh-bleh-veh (pronounced like a combination of the letters “v” and “u”)
- X: eh-kees (like the “ks” sound in “taxi”)
- Y: ee-gree-eh-gah (like the “y” in “yes” when it is a consonant)
- Z: seh-tah (like the “s” in “sun”)

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