Alphabet
The Spanish alphabet consists of 26 letters (A-Z) and three special letters ch, ll, ñ. The letters ch and ll are independent letters and are not separated.
The double R (rr, erre doble) is not a special letter, but one counts rr to the single r. The rr is never separated either.
In only a few Spanish words, one encounters the ü. The dots on the ü are called in Spanish diéresis and mean that a u is pronounced between g and e/i that would be mute, yet, is pronounced:
Example: guitarra (mute u), but cigüeña (the u is spoken).
Overview
| Letter | Designation | Equivalent | Example |
| A,a | a | – answer | Antonio |
| B,b | be | – but | Beatriz |
| C,c | ce |
– think –coma |
Carlos |
| Ch,ch | che | -macho | Chema |
| D,d | de | – gender | Darío |
| E,e | e | – set | Elena |
| F,f | efe | – fast | Fernando |
| G,g | ge |
– gun – Dach (german) |
Gerardo |
| H,h | hache | –honour | Héctor |
| I,i | i | – Internet | Inés |
| J,j | jota | – Dach (german) | Juan |
| K,k | ka | – kilo | Kilo |
| L,l | ele | – last | Lorenzo |
| Ll,ll | elle | – million | Llobregat |
| M,m | eme | – mother | Madrid |
| N,n | ene | – no | Nora |
| Ñ,ñ | eñe | – Cognac | Ñoño |
| O,o | o | – north | Omar |
| P,p | pe | – people | Pedro |
| Q,q | cu | – come | Querido |
| R,r/rr | erre/erre doble | – | Rosa – Guitiérrez |
| S,s | ese | – sun | Sara |
| T,t | te | – text | Teresa |
| U,u | u | – june | Ulises |
| V,v | uve | – vain | Valencia |
| W,w | uve doble | – Whisky | Walter |
| Y,y | i griega |
– say – Job |
Yegua |
| Z,z | zeta | – think | Zamira |