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French Alphabet (Latin)
The letters and characters of French written in the Latin script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 332,956,351 people read or write it across 64 countries.
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for French — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.
| Letter | Name | Codepoints | Fontsper letter, in order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aa ÀàÂâ | A | U+0041 · U+0061 U+00C0 · U+00E0 · U+00C2 · U+00E2 | 136,064 / 135,110 81,628 / 81,984 / 81,577 / 81,513 |
| Ææ | Ae | U+00C6 · U+00E6 | 74,355 / 74,203 |
| Bb | B | U+0042 · U+0062 | 135,982 / 135,083 |
| Cc Çç | C | U+0043 · U+0063 U+00C7 · U+00E7 | 135,993 / 135,072 80,520 / 80,911 |
| Dd | D | U+0044 · U+0064 | 136,007 / 135,110 |
| Ee ÉéÈèÊêËë | E | U+0045 · U+0065 U+00C9 · U+00E9 · U+00C8 · U+00E8 · U+00CA · U+00EA · U+00CB · U+00EB | 136,045 / 135,092 82,303 / 82,793 / 81,628 / 81,780 / 81,459 / 81,460 / 81,469 / 81,480 |
| Ff | F | U+0046 · U+0066 | 135,955 / 135,041 |
| Gg | G | U+0047 · U+0067 | 135,944 / 135,030 |
| Hh | H | U+0048 · U+0068 | 135,937 / 135,003 |
| Ii ÎîÏï | I | U+0049 · U+0069 U+00CE · U+00EE · U+00CF · U+00EF | 135,906 / 134,997 81,234 / 81,023 / 81,413 / 81,229 |
| Jj | J | U+004A · U+006A | 135,779 / 134,898 |
| Kk | K | U+004B · U+006B | 135,820 / 134,904 |
| Ll | L | U+004C · U+006C | 135,840 / 134,937 |
| Mm | M | U+004D · U+006D | 135,809 / 134,871 |
| Nn | N | U+004E · U+006E | 135,770 / 134,851 |
| Oo Ôô | O | U+004F · U+006F U+00D4 · U+00F4 | 135,747 / 134,876 81,389 / 81,312 |
| Œœ | Latin Small Ligature Oe | U+0152 · U+0153 | 64,730 / 64,779 |
| Pp | P | U+0050 · U+0070 | 135,726 / 134,808 |
| Q | U+0051 · U+0071 | 135,653 / 134,746 | |
| Rr | R | U+0052 · U+0072 | 135,744 / 134,845 |
| Ss | S | U+0053 · U+0073 | 135,721 / 134,797 |
| Tt | T | U+0054 · U+0074 | 135,769 / 134,800 |
| Uu ÙùÛûÜü | U | U+0055 · U+0075 U+00D9 · U+00F9 · U+00DB · U+00FB · U+00DC · U+00FC | 135,534 / 134,690 81,265 / 81,298 / 81,048 / 81,050 / 82,555 / 82,479 |
| Vv | V | U+0056 · U+0076 | 135,566 / 134,636 |
| Ww | W | U+0057 · U+0077 | 135,522 / 134,664 |
| Xx | X | U+0058 · U+0078 | 135,478 / 134,585 |
| Yy Ÿÿ | Y | U+0059 · U+0079 U+0178 · U+00FF | 135,463 / 134,648 71,283 / 80,111 |
| Zz | Z | U+005A · U+007A | 135,487 / 134,568 |
Additional Characters
Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where French (Latin) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes French in the Latin script.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| France | 66,323,362 | 97% |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 58,855,530 | 51% |
| Cameroon | 21,056,948 | 68% |
| Algeria | 15,517,425 | 33% |
| Germany | 15,141,438 | 18% |
| Morocco | 13,459,536 | 36% |
| Italy | 12,192,980 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 11,638,047 | 17% |
French (Latin) — facts
| Font coverage | 62,198 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 42 standard characters; 1,167 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Latin |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, General Punctuation |
| People | About 332,956,351 people read or write French in the Latin script — mostly in France, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon, Algeria, Germany. |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.