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.