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The Accented O in Spanish

ó is the acute accent on an o, U+00F3, 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 learn the sequence once and type it for yourself. The other eight Spanish characters are on the same page, the case control switches everything to Ó, and the type-here field puts the accent on the last plain o in a word you type.

o with acuteU+00F3 · ó
  • macOSOption+E, then O
  • WindowsAlt+0243
  • LinuxAltGr+O

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

Case
Keystrokes

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

  • Accent on the ocancion + o
    canción
  • 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.

CharacterNameCodepointmacOSWindows alt codeLinux, US international
áa with acuteU+00E1áOption+E, then AAlt+0225AltGr+A
ée with acuteU+00E9éOption+E, then EAlt+0233AltGr+E
íi with acuteU+00EDíOption+E, then IAlt+0237AltGr+I
óo with acuteU+00F3óOption+E, then OAlt+0243AltGr+O
úu with acuteU+00FAúOption+E, then UAlt+0250AltGr+U
ñn with tildeU+00F1ñOption+N, then NAlt+0241AltGr+N
üu with diaeresisU+00FCüOption+U, then UAlt+0252AltGr+Y
¿inverted question markU+00BF¿Option+Shift+?Alt+0191AltGr+Shift+?
¡inverted exclamation markU+00A1¡Option+1Alt+0161AltGr+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 ó?
On macOS, Option and E, let go, then O, with Shift on that O for Ó. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0243 on the numeric keypad with Num Lock on, or 0211 for Ó; the older Alt+162 also works in most programs. In Microsoft Word on Windows, Ctrl and the apostrophe, then O. On a Chromebook, press Ctrl and Shift and U, type f3 and press Space. On Linux with the United States international layout, AltGr and O, or AltGr and Shift and O for the capital. Clicking the key here copies the character straight to your clipboard.
When does Spanish write an accent on an o?
Where the stress lands somewhere the ordinary rules would not put it: canción, corazón, jamón, avión, tomó. It also marks the question words apart from their plain twins, so cómo and dónde carry the accent in a question while como and donde do not. The mark does not change how the o sounds, only which syllable is stressed.
Do I still write ó between two numbers?
No, not since 2010. The old convention wrote 5 ó 6 so the o would not be read as a zero on a typewriter, and the Real Academia Española dropped it in that year's spelling guide because modern type keeps 0 and o apart. Write 5 o 6.
What about ò, ô and ö in other languages?
The ó here, U+00F3, is the same character Portuguese, Catalan, Polish and Hungarian write, so the key copies the right one for them too. Other languages put other marks on the o, and this page's keys do not carry them, so select one in this answer to copy it. ò, the grave accent used in Italian and Catalan: Alt+0242 (Alt+0210 for Ò), Option and the backtick key then O on macOS, ò in HTML. ô, the circumflex or hat in French and Portuguese: Alt+0244, Option and I then O. ö, the two dots in German, Swedish and Turkish: Alt+0246, Option and U then O. õ, the Portuguese tilde: Alt+0245, Option and N then O.
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.