Letters of the alphabet

1. How to pronounce their names

capital letter	small letter	pronunciation
A	a	/eɪ/
B	b	/biː/
C	c	/siː/
D	d	/diː/
E	e	/iː/
F	f	/ef/
G	g	/dʒiː/
H	h	/eɪtʃ/
I	i	/aɪ/
J	j	/dʒeɪ/
K	k	/keɪ/
L	l	/el/
M	m	/em/
N	n	/en/
O	o	UK: /əʊ/; US: /oʊ/
P	p	/piː/
Q	q	/kjuː/
R	r	UK: /ɑːr / ; US: /ɑːr/
S	s	/es/
T	t	/tiː/
U	u	/juː/
V	v	/viː/
W	w	/ˈdʌb.əl.juː/
X	x	/eks/
Y	y	/waɪ/
Z	z	UK: /zed/ ; US: /ziː/

2. Consonant letters

b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z.

3. Vowel letters

a, e,* i, o, u

* Note that e is normally silent at the end of a word: for example, leave /liːv/.

4. Consonant-and-vowel letters

w and y are consonant letters when they come before a vowel letter: want, yet, backward. But they are vowel letters when they come after another vowel letter*: cow, day, law, boy. Also, y is a vowel when it follows a consonant letter: cry, silly, really.

* Between vowel letters, w and y are consonant letters when the following syllable is stressed: awake, beyond. But they are vowel letters when the syllable before them is stressed: showing, player.