Pick a letter
Tap any letter — including Ñ — for a large printable outline, then print it or download a PNG.
The full 27-letter chart
Every letter of the Spanish alphabet, in order, on one page — good as a classroom reference or a one-page take-home sheet.
Print size
Full page prints a compact one-sheet chart. Medium and Small tile several letters per page instead — pick one for a bulletin-board or classroom-wall set.
Why 27 letters, and why Ñ goes where it does
Spanish uses the same 26 letters as English, A through Z, plus one letter English doesn't have: Ñ (called eñe). Ñ isn't a decorated N — it's its own letter with its own sound, alphabetized in its own place, right between N and O: …L, M, N, Ñ, O, P…
That makes 27 letters in total, and it's why a word like español or niño is treated as a normal, complete Spanish word rather than an English one with an accent mark added on.
It used to be even more letters
Older Spanish dictionaries and alphabets list 29 or 30 letters, because Ch and Ll were once alphabetized as their own single letters — so every word starting with ch was sorted together, after every word starting with plain c, instead of mixed in alphabetically. The Real Academia Española (RAE) — the body that governs standard Spanish — dropped that rule in 1994 to match international collation standards, and its 2010 spelling reform formalized the 27-letter alphabet used today. Ch and Ll are still written exactly the same way in words; they're just sorted as two-letter combinations now, the same way English treats "ch" or "sh".
The 27 letters and their Spanish names
| Letter | Spanish name | Letter | Spanish name |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | N | ene |
| B | be | Ñ | eñe |
| C | ce | O | o |
| D | de | P | pe |
| E | e | Q | cu |
| F | efe | R | erre |
| G | ge | S | ese |
| H | hache | T | te |
| I | i | U | u |
| J | jota | V | uve |
| K | ka | W | uve doble |
| L | ele | X | equis |
| M | eme | Y | ye |
| Z | zeta |
Names vary a little by region — V is also called ve corta or ve chica, W is also doble ve or doble u, and Y was officially i griega until the RAE's 2010 reform preferred ye — but the 27 letters and their order are standard everywhere Spanish is taught.
Ways to use this chart
- Learn A first reference for students meeting the Spanish alphabet — see all 27 letters, including Ñ, in the order they're taught.
- Trace & color Bold, hollow outlines are ready to trace with a pencil or color in for younger learners.
- Display Print at Medium or Small size to tile the whole alphabet across a classroom wall or bulletin board.
Need to type ñ, not just print it?
This chart is for paper. To type ñ or Ñ on a keyboard that doesn't have one, see the alt codes for N with tilde — and if you were hoping for a fancy or cursive ñ to paste online, here's why that doesn't quite exist yet.
See the ñ alt codes →