French Symbols - Alt Codes
List of Alt Codes for special letters in the French alphabet. Learn how to type French special letters by using their Alt Codes.
Writing in French on a laptop or computer keyboard can be tricky as special letters and accents are available readlily at your finger tips. If you don't have an international keyboard then the next best thing to type accents on a PC or Mac is to use ALT codes. They work with the numeric keypad, NOT the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard.
French Accents
French uses five different types of diacritic. In no particular order, they are:
- ç – the cedilla (la cédille)
- é – the acute accent (l'accent aigu)
- â/ê/î/ô/û – the circumflex (l'accent circonflexe)
- à/è/ì/ò/ù – the grave accent (l'accent grave)
- ë/ï/ü – the trema (l'accent tréma)
| Letter | Letter Type | Alt Code |
|---|---|---|
| À | Uppercase Accent Grave (A) | 0192 |
| Â | Uppercase Accent Circonflex (A) | 0194 |
| Ä | Uppercase Accent Tréma (A) | 0196 |
| Æ | Uppercase Ligature(AE) | 0198 |
| Ç | Uppercase Cedilla (C) | 0199 |
| È | Uppercase Accent Grave (E) | 0200 |
| É | Uppercase Accent Aigu (E) | 0201 |
| Ê | Uppercase Accent Circonflex (E) | 0202 |
| Ë | Uppercase Accent Tréma (E) | 0203 |
| Î | Uppercase Accent Circonflex (I) | 0206 |
| Ï | Uppercase Accent Tréma (I) | 0207 |
| Ô | Uppercase Accent Circonflex (O) | 0212 |
| Π| Uppercase Ligature(OE) | 0140 |
| Ù | Uppercase Accent Grave (U) | 0217 |
| Û | Uppercase Accent Circonflex (U) | 0219 |
| Ü | Uppercase Accent Tréma (U) | 0220 |
| à | Lowercase Accent Grave (a) | 0224 |
| â | Lowercase Accent Circonflex (a) | 0226 |
| ä | Lowercase Accent Tréma (a) | 0228 |
| æ | Lowercase Ligature(ae) | 0230 |
| ç | Lowercase Cedilla (c) | 0231 |
| Letter | Letter Type | Alt Code |
|---|---|---|
| è | Lowercase Accent Grave (e) | 0232 |
| é | Lowercase Accent Aigu (e) | 0233 |
| ê | Lowercase Accent Circonflex (e) | 0234 |
| ë | Lowercase Accent Tréma (e) | 0235 |
| î | Lowercase Accent Circonflex (i) | 0238 |
| ï | Lowercase Accent Tréma (i) | 0239 |
| ô | Lowercase Accent Circonflex (o) | 0244 |
| œ | Lowercase Ligature(oe) | 0156 |
| ù | Lowercase Accent Grave (a) | 0249 |
| û | Lowercase Accent Circonflex (u) | 0251 |
| ü | Lowercase Accent Tréma (u) | 0252 |
How to type special French letters by using their Alt Codes?
- Make sure you switch on the NumLock,
- press and hold down the Alt key,
- type the Alt Code value of the special French letter, for example, for lowercase accent grave e, type 0232 on the numeric pad,
- release the Alt key and you got è.
*You must type, preceding 0.
** Above mentioned procedure is not aplicable for MacOS.
For more information on how to use charecters, symbols, and emojis please check our How to use Alt-Codes? page.