| R | |
|---|---|
| R r | |
| (See below) | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Language of origin | Latin language |
| Phonetic usage | [r] [ɾ] [ɹ] [ɻ] [ʀ] [ʁ] (Table) (English variations) /ɑːr/ |
| Unicode codepoint | U+0052, U+0072 |
| Alphabetical position | 18 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | ~50 to present |
| Descendants | • ℟ • ℞ • ® • Ɍ • ᚱ • 𐍂 • Ꭱ |
| Sisters | • Р • ר • ر • ܪ • ࠓ • 𐎗 • 𐡓 • ረ • Ռ • ռ • Ր • ր • ર • र |
| Variations | (See below) |
| Other | |
| Other letters commonly used with | r(x), rh |
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| ISO basic Latin alphabet |
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R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ar (pronounced /ˈɑːr/), plural ars,[1] or in Ireland or /ˈɔːr/.[2]
The letter ⟨r⟩ is the eighth most common letter in English and the fourth-most common consonant (after ⟨t⟩, ⟨n⟩, and ⟨s⟩).[3]
The letter ⟨r⟩ is used to form the ending "-re", which is used in certain words such as centre in some varieties of English spelling, such as British English. Canadian English also uses the "-re" ending, unlike American English, where the ending is usually replaced by "-er" (center). This does not affect pronunciation.
- ^ "R", Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition (1989); "ar", op. cit
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Frequency Table". Math.cornell.edu. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.