Accents

How to type a grave (à)

Copy the character, or use the shortcut that matches your keyboard and app.

All A accents

Windows

Hold Alt and type 0224 on the numeric keypad.

Mac

Option + `, then A

Microsoft Word

Ctrl + `, then a — or type 00E0 then Alt + X

Google Docs

Insert → Special characters → a grave

How to insert it

Copy

Click the keycap, then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.

Alt code

Num Lock on, hold Alt, type 0224, release Alt.

Code

Use the Unicode, HTML, CSS, or JS value below in documents and stylesheets.

Unicode
U+00E0
HTML decimal
à
HTML hex
à
CSS
\00E0
JavaScript
\u{00E0}
Alt code
Alt + 0224

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