Alt+130 is a Windows code and Option+E, then E, a Mac one for the U.S. layout: both type é. Other accents over the letter e: è slopes the other way, ê has a hat and ë has two dots.
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Which accent is which
French calls the accent of é the accent aigu and that of è the accent grave. The hat of ê is a circumflex. The 2 dots of ë are a diaeresis; the letter is also known as e umlaut, after the German name of the same mark.
The capitals
Each small letter of the four has two Alt codes: a short one from the old PC character set and a four-digit one that begins with a zero. Of the capitals only É has a short one, Alt+144. È, Ê and Ë take the four digits: 0200, 0202 and 0203.
The other letters, from ē to ệ, are in neither Alt code table: copy one, or write its HTML code.
With a Compose key, Compose, apostrophe, e types é, and Compose, grave accent, e types è.
Questions and answers
How do you make an e with an accent on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0233 on the number pad. On a Mac, hold the e key until the accent menu opens, or press Option+E, then E. Each way types é; for another accent the code or the first key changes.
What is e accent grave?
è, the e with a grave accent, U+00E8: Alt+138 or Alt+0232, Option+`, then E on the U.S. layout, and è as a special character in HTML. It is the è of Italian caffè.
How do you type e with a line over it?
The letter is ē, e with a macron, U+0113. It has no Alt code in either table, so copy it or write ē in HTML. Some programs read Alt+275, its code point as a plain number, as ē.
How do you type e with a tilde?
ẽ is U+1EBD and its capital Ẽ is U+1EBC. Neither has an Alt code or a named HTML code, and on the U.S. Option layer the tilde of Option+N goes on a, n and o only. Copy the letter, or write ẽ.
What is the e with dots over it called?
E with diaeresis, in Unicode's words: ë, U+00EB, Alt+137 or Alt+0235. Dutch writes it where the e is said apart from the vowel before it, as in knieën. One dot over an e is another letter, the Lithuanian ė.
All 50 accented e letters
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ÉLatin capital letter e with acuteU+00C9. Capital é, and the one capital on this page with a three-digit Alt code.
ÊLatin capital letter e with circumflexU+00CA. Capital ê.
ËLatin capital letter e with diaeresisU+00CB. Capital ë.
ÈLatin capital letter e with graveU+00C8. Capital è.
éLatin small letter e with acuteU+00E9. The e with an acute accent, the accent aigu of French. English keeps it in borrowed words such as résumé and sauté.
êLatin small letter e with circumflexU+00EA. The e with a circumflex, the mark Unicode also calls a hat. French writes ê in words that once had another letter, usually an s, after the e.
ëLatin small letter e with diaeresisU+00EB. The e with two dots, a diaeresis: the dots say that the e is sounded on its own, as in Noël. In Albanian ë is a letter of the alphabet.
èLatin small letter e with graveU+00E8. The e with a grave accent, which slopes the other way from the accent of é. In Italian è by itself is the word for is.
Show all 50 accented e letters (42 more)
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ẾLatin capital letter e with circumflex and acuteU+1EBE. Capital ế.
ỆLatin capital letter e with circumflex and dot belowU+1EC6. Capital ệ.
ỀLatin capital letter e with circumflex and graveU+1EC0. Capital ề.
ỂLatin capital letter e with circumflex and hook aboveU+1EC2. Capital ể.
ỄLatin capital letter e with circumflex and tildeU+1EC4. Capital ễ.
ḘLatin capital letter e with circumflex belowU+1E18. Capital ḙ.
ếLatin small letter e with circumflex and acuteU+1EBF. ê with an acute accent over the hat: the Vietnamese letter ê in its rising tone.
ệLatin small letter e with circumflex and dot belowU+1EC7. ê with a dot below: the Vietnamese ê in the nặng tone.
ềLatin small letter e with circumflex and graveU+1EC1. ê with a grave accent over the hat: the Vietnamese ê in its low falling tone.
ểLatin small letter e with circumflex and hook aboveU+1EC3. ê with a hook above: the Vietnamese ê in the hỏi tone.
ễLatin small letter e with circumflex and tildeU+1EC5. ê with a tilde over the hat: the Vietnamese ê in the ngã tone.
ḙLatin small letter e with circumflex belowU+1E19. The e with the circumflex under the letter and not over it.
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ĖLatin capital letter e with dot aboveU+0116. Capital ė.
ẸLatin capital letter e with dot belowU+1EB8. Capital ẹ.
ėLatin small letter e with dot aboveU+0117. The e with one dot above, the ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet.
ẹLatin small letter e with dot belowU+1EB9. The e with a dot below, which on a Vietnamese vowel is the nặng tone.
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ĒLatin capital letter e with macronU+0112. Capital ē.
ḖLatin capital letter e with macron and acuteU+1E16. Capital ḗ.
ḔLatin capital letter e with macron and graveU+1E14. Capital ḕ.
ēLatin small letter e with macronU+0113. The e with a line over it. The line is a macron, the mark of a long vowel: ē is a letter of Latvian and the first tone of e in pinyin.
ḗLatin small letter e with macron and acuteU+1E17. ē with an acute accent on the line: two marks on one letter.
ḕLatin small letter e with macron and graveU+1E15. ē with a grave accent on the line.
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ẼLatin capital letter e with tildeU+1EBC. Capital ẽ.
ḚLatin capital letter e with tilde belowU+1E1A. Capital ḛ.
ẽLatin small letter e with tildeU+1EBD. The e with a tilde, a nasal e: the fifth letter of the Guaraní alphabet. In Vietnamese the tilde on a vowel is the ngã tone.
ḛLatin small letter e with tilde belowU+1E1B. The e with a tilde under the letter, a mark the phonetic alphabet uses for creaky voice. The tilde on top is ẽ.
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ĔLatin capital letter e with breveU+0114. Capital ĕ.
ĚLatin capital letter e with caronU+011A. Capital ě.
ȨLatin capital letter e with cedillaU+0228. Capital ȩ.
ḜLatin capital letter e with cedilla and breveU+1E1C. Capital ḝ.
ȄLatin capital letter e with double graveU+0204. Capital ȅ.
ẺLatin capital letter e with hook aboveU+1EBA. Capital ẻ.
ȆLatin capital letter e with inverted breveU+0206. Capital ȇ.
ĘLatin capital letter e with ogonekU+0118. Capital ę.
ĕLatin small letter e with breveU+0115. The e with a breve, the mark of a short vowel. Not the ě of Czech and pinyin, which carries a caron.
ěLatin small letter e with caronU+011B. The e with a caron, also called a hacek: a letter of Czech, and the third tone of e in pinyin.
ȩLatin small letter e with cedillaU+0229. The e with a cedilla under it. It came in Unicode 3.0, later than every other letter on this page.
ḝLatin small letter e with cedilla and breveU+1E1D. The e with a cedilla below and a breve above. Unicode's note on it: Hebrew transliteration.
ȅLatin small letter e with double graveU+0205. The e with a double grave accent, a mark Unicode notes for Serbian and Croatian phonetics.
ẻLatin small letter e with hook aboveU+1EBB. The e with a hook above, the hỏi tone of Vietnamese.
ȇLatin small letter e with inverted breveU+0207. The e with an inverted breve, a breve turned over. Unicode files it among its additions for Slovenian.
ęLatin small letter e with ogonekU+0119. The e with an ogonek, the nasal hook under the letter. Polish calls it e with a little tail; Lithuanian has the letter too.