How many letters are in the alphabet?

An alphabet is a collection of characters consisting of both vowel and consonant sounds.
While nearly every written language uses an alphabet, the number of letters varies from one language to another.

Alphabet	Number of letters
English Alphabet	26
Arabic Alphabet	28
Spanish Alphabet	27
French Alphabet	26
Hebrew Alphabet	22
Russian Alphabet	33
Greek Alphabet	24
Latin Alphabet	26
German Alphabet	26 – 30 (Latin Alphabet + ß + ä, ö, ü) – depending on the country

Englisch Alphabet

The Englisch alphabet is based on the Latin Alphabet and has the same number of letters: 26

Letter number	Letter
1	A
2	B
3	C
4	D
5	E
6	F
7	G
8	H
9	I
10	J
11	K
12	L
13	M
14	N
15	O
16	P
17	Q
18	R
19	S
20	T
21	U
22	V
23	W
24	X
25	Y
26	Z

More statistics about the englisch alphabet:

• it contains 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U
• it contains 21 consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z – with some exceptions: Y can be a vowel too in some cases – e.g.: happy; In some cases, “W” isn’t pronounced as a standalone consonant (like in win), but rather modifies the preceding vowel, helping to create a diphthong (a complex vowel sound) Linguists often refer to “W” in these roles as a semi-vowel or glide – it’s vowel-like in quality but glides into a full vowel

We offer example sketches of graffiti letters for each of the 26 letters of the englisch alphabets for your inspiration.

Sources and Additional Resources

• https://prowritingaid.com/how-many-letters-alphabet
• https://www.worldometers.info/languages/english-alphabet/
• https://www.worldometers.info/languages/how-many-letters-alphabet/
• https://languagetool.org/insights/post/how-many-letters-english-alphabet/
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Alphabet
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_lateinischer_Alphabete
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateinisches_Alphabet