On macOS, Option and E, let go, then E, and hold Shift on that second E for É. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0233 on the numeric keypad with Num Lock on, or 0201 for É; the older Alt+130 also works in most programs. In Microsoft Word on Windows, Ctrl and the apostrophe, then E. On a Chromebook, press Ctrl and Shift and U, type e9 and press Space. On Linux with the United States international layout, AltGr and E, or AltGr and Shift and E for the capital. é is not in ASCII, which stops at 127: its number is 233 in Latin-1 and Windows-1252, which is where the 0233 comes from. Clicking the key on this page copies the character instead, which is faster once and slower every time after that.

When does Spanish write an accent on an e?

When the stress falls where the ordinary rules would not put it, and the accent is what tells you: café, también, después, bebé, inglés. It also separates a pair of words that are spelled the same otherwise, as in él, meaning he, against el, the definite article. The mark never changes the sound of the vowel, only which syllable is stressed.

Is it é or è in Spanish?

Always é. Spanish uses the acute accent, the one that leans to the right, and never the grave or the circumflex, so è (French and Italian) and ê (French and Portuguese) belong to other languages, not Spanish. That is why this page carries five accented vowels and not fifteen.

Is this the same é as the French accent aigu?

Yes. é is one character, U+00E9, whichever language writes it: French calls the mark accent aigu, Spanish calls it tilde, and Italian, Portuguese and Catalan use the same é, so the key here copies the right one for all of them. French and Italian also write an e with a grave accent, è, which leans the other way: Alt+0232 on Windows (Alt+0200 for È), Option and the backtick key then E on macOS, the backtick dead key then e on the United States international layout, and è in HTML. French adds ê, the circumflex or hat, with Alt+0234 or Option and I then E, and ë, the two dots, with Alt+0235 or Option and U then E. The keys on this page copy only é and É, so select è, ê or ë in this answer to copy one of those.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The character, its codepoint and the keystrokes are part of the page, so nothing is sent anywhere and there is no account. The only thing kept is the platform and the case you picked, in this browser.

The Accented E in Spanish

é is the acute accent on an e, U+00E9, and this page opens on it: the character large, with its codepoint, its HTML entity and the keystroke for macOS, Windows and Linux. Click it to copy, or read the sequence once and type it yourself from now on. The other eight Spanish characters are on the same page, the case control switches the whole page to É, and the type-here field puts the accent on the last plain e in a word you type, so cafe becomes café.

e with acuteU+00E9 · é

macOSOption+E, then E
WindowsAlt+0233
LinuxAltGr+E

Click a character to copy it. The keystroke under each key is for the platform you picked.

Case

Keystrokes

Type here

A key copies its character. With something in the field, the same click also puts the accent on the last plain a, e, i, o, u or n it finds, so cafe becomes café. When the accent belongs somewhere else in the word, as in mañana, copy the character and type it where it goes. Hold Alt and type the four digits on the numeric keypad with Num Lock on. The number row above the letters does not work. On a laptop with no keypad, switch the input to the United States international layout, where an apostrophe followed by the vowel gives the accent.

Worked examples

One vowelcafe + e
café
Two of the same vowelmama + a
mamá
The tildeespanol + n
español

Every character, with its keystrokes

The same nine characters the keys carry, in the case the control above is set to. The Windows column needs the numeric keypad with Num Lock on, and the Linux column is the United States international layout with AltGr. Swipe the table sideways for the keystroke columns.

Character	Name	Codepoint	macOS	Windows alt code	Linux, US international
á	a with acute	U+00E1á	Option+E, then A	Alt+0225	AltGr+A
é	e with acute	U+00E9é	Option+E, then E	Alt+0233	AltGr+E
í	i with acute	U+00EDí	Option+E, then I	Alt+0237	AltGr+I
ó	o with acute	U+00F3ó	Option+E, then O	Alt+0243	AltGr+O
ú	u with acute	U+00FAú	Option+E, then U	Alt+0250	AltGr+U
ñ	n with tilde	U+00F1ñ	Option+N, then N	Alt+0241	AltGr+N
ü	u with diaeresis	U+00FCü	Option+U, then U	Alt+0252	AltGr+Y
¿	inverted question mark	U+00BF¿	Option+Shift+?	Alt+0191	AltGr+Shift+?
¡	inverted exclamation mark	U+00A1¡	Option+1	Alt+0161	AltGr+1

Exact, and that is the whole claim. Every key copies the standard Unicode codepoint for that character and nothing else, so what lands in your clipboard is exactly what you clicked. The keystrokes are the documented sequences for each platform. The characters are held in this page, so nothing is uploaded and it keeps working with no connection. Only the platform and the case you picked are remembered, in this browser.

Common questions

How do I type é?: On macOS, Option and E, let go, then E, and hold Shift on that second E for É. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0233 on the numeric keypad with Num Lock on, or 0201 for É; the older Alt+130 also works in most programs. In Microsoft Word on Windows, Ctrl and the apostrophe, then E. On a Chromebook, press Ctrl and Shift and U, type e9 and press Space. On Linux with the United States international layout, AltGr and E, or AltGr and Shift and E for the capital. é is not in ASCII, which stops at 127: its number is 233 in Latin-1 and Windows-1252, which is where the 0233 comes from. Clicking the key on this page copies the character instead, which is faster once and slower every time after that.
When does Spanish write an accent on an e?: When the stress falls where the ordinary rules would not put it, and the accent is what tells you: café, también, después, bebé, inglés. It also separates a pair of words that are spelled the same otherwise, as in él, meaning he, against el, the definite article. The mark never changes the sound of the vowel, only which syllable is stressed.
Is it é or è in Spanish?: Always é. Spanish uses the acute accent, the one that leans to the right, and never the grave or the circumflex, so è (French and Italian) and ê (French and Portuguese) belong to other languages, not Spanish. That is why this page carries five accented vowels and not fifteen.
Is this the same é as the French accent aigu?: Yes. é is one character, U+00E9, whichever language writes it: French calls the mark accent aigu, Spanish calls it tilde, and Italian, Portuguese and Catalan use the same é, so the key here copies the right one for all of them. French and Italian also write an e with a grave accent, è, which leans the other way: Alt+0232 on Windows (Alt+0200 for È), Option and the backtick key then E on macOS, the backtick dead key then e on the United States international layout, and è in HTML. French adds ê, the circumflex or hat, with Alt+0234 or Option and I then E, and ë, the two dots, with Alt+0235 or Option and U then E. The keys on this page copy only é and É, so select è, ê or ë in this answer to copy one of those.
Is anything uploaded?: No. The character, its codepoint and the keystrokes are part of the page, so nothing is sent anywhere and there is no account. The only thing kept is the platform and the case you picked, in this browser.

Every key copies the standard Unicode codepoint for that character and nothing else, so what lands in your clipboard is exactly what you clicked. The keystrokes are the documented sequences for each platform.