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Accents, also known as diacritical marks, are marks appearing on words that English has borrowed or absorbed from other languages. The most common accents are the acute (é), grave (è), circumflex (â, î, ô), tilde (ñ), umlaut (ä, ö, ü), dieresis (ï) and cedilla (ç), but there are other accents and special characters, depending on the source language.
In general, accents indicate pronunciation in the original language:
However, as the loan words become more common in English, the accents are often lost:
Consult your dictionary if you are unsure whether a word should still carry an accent. Microsoft Word will often automatically correct words to add the accents.
You will need to take care with accents in 2 particular cases:
resume vs résumé
rose vs rosé
São Paulo vs Sao Paulo
Correct accents may be needed for screen readers to read out digital content accurately (see Making content accessible for more information about screen readers).
If your text is to be used online, take care that the accent marks appear correctly. You may need to use HTML entity codes to generate accented or other special characters (see HTML entity list for more information).
Foreign diacritics on vowels rarely affect their pronunciation in English, except when they make e a separate syllable (eg in café).