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El alfabeto español
Aexample: padre
Bexample: baño
Cexample: cinco
CHexample: chile
Dexample: dedo
Eexample: mesa
Fexample: fábrica
Gexample: gigante
Hexample: helado
The H in Spanish is SILENT
Iexample: silla
Jexample: jabón
Kexample: kilómetro
Lexample: lago
LLexample: llave
Mexample: madre
Nexample: nariz
Ñexample: cañón
Oexample: votar
Pexample: papel
Qexample: queso
Rexample: radio
RRexample: perro
Sexample: señor
Texample: tomate
Uexample: uniforme
Vexample: vaca
Wexample: Washington
**The W is only used in foreign,
non-Spanish words**
Xexample: excelente
Yexample: yogur
Zexample: zapatos
Exceptions in the Spanish alphabet
H – is silent
J – sounds like the English H
LL – sounds like the English Y
V – sounds like the English B
Z – sounds like the English S
Additional InformationIn Spanish text, the letters are ranked from most to least
common E A O S R N I D L C T U M P B G V Y Q H F Z J Ñ
X W K45% of text in Spanish are vowels.
As of November 2010, the CH, LL, & RR
are no longer considered letters of the
alphabet. The Real Academia Española
(Royal Spanish Academy) removed
these letters.