This article is about the letter. For Euler's number, see e (mathematical constant). For other uses of the symbol e or E, see E (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "E#" redirects here. For E sharp, see E♯.
E
E e
Usage
Writing system
Latin script
Type
Alphabetic
Language of origin
Latin language
Phonetic usage
[e]
[e̞]
[ɛ]
[ə]
[ɪ~i]
[ɘ]
[ʲe]
[ʲᵊ]
[h]
(English variations)
Unicode codepoint
U+0045, U+0065
Alphabetical position
5
History
Development
Ε ε ϵ
𐌄
E e
Time period
c. 700 BC to present
Descendants
♯
Ə
Æ
Œ
€
℮
Ǝ
∈
ℯ
ℇ
ℰ
℥
&
Sisters
Е
Э
Є
Ё
Ә
Һ
ה ه ܗ
Ɛ
Ե ե
Է է
Ը ը
ࠄ
𐎅
Ⲉ
Other
Other letters commonly used with
ee, e(x), e(x)(y)
Writing direction
Left-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
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 /ˈiː/); plural es, Es or E's.[1]
It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.[2][3][4][5][6][excessive citations]
^"E". Oxford Dictionary of English (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780199571123. noun (plural Es or E's)
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^Lewand, Robert. "Relative Frequencies of Letters in General English Plain text". Cryptographical Mathematics. Central College. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
^"Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in Spanish". Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
^"Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in French". Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
^"Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in German". Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
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