Editing E (section)

{{short description|5th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[Ҽ|Cyrillic letter Ҽ]]}}
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{{Technical reasons|E#|E sharp|E♯}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
|name = E
|letter = E e
|variations =
|script = [[Latin script]]
|type = [[Alphabet]]
|typedesc = ic
|language = [[Latin language]]
|phonemes = {{flex list|[{{IPAlink|e}}]|[{{IPAlink|e̞}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɛ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ə}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɪ}}~{{IPAlink|i}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɘ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʲ|ʲe}}]|[{{IPAlink|h}}]|([[E#English|English variations]])}}
|unicode=U+0045, U+0065
|alphanumber=5
|number= 
|fam1=<hiero>A28</hiero>
|fam2=[[Image:Proto-semiticE-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Heh]]
|fam3=[[File:Protohe.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|He]]
|fam4=[[File:PhoenicianE-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician He]]
|fam5=[[Image:phoenician he.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|He]]
|fam6=[[Epsilon|Ε ε ϵ]]
|fam7=[[𐌄]]
|usageperiod={{circa}} 700 BCE to present
|children={{flex list|[[♯]]|[[Ə]]|[[Æ]]|[[Œ]]|[[€]]|[[℮]]|[[Ǝ]]|[[∈]]|[[ℯ]]|{{not a typo|[[ℇ]]}}|[[ℰ]]|[[℥]]|[[&]]}}
|sisters={{flex list|[[Е]]|[[Э]]|[[Є]]|[[Ё]]|[[Ә]]|[[Һ]]|[[He (letter)|ה&nbsp;ه&nbsp;ܗ]]|[[Ɛ]]|[[wikt:Ե|Ե]] [[wikt:ե|ե]]|[[wikt:Է|Է]] [[wikt:է|է]]|[[wikt:Ը|Ը]] [[wikt:ը|ը]]|[[ࠄ]]|[[𐎅]]|[[Ⲉ]]}}
|equivalents=
|associates=[[English alphabet|ee]], [[List of Latin-script digraphs#E|e(x)]], [[List of Latin-script trigraphs#E|e(x)(y)]]
|direction=Left-to-right
|image=File:Latin_letter_E.svg
|imageclass=skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|e}}

'''E''', or '''e''', is the fifth [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] and the second [[vowel#Written vowels|vowel letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is [[English alphabet#Letter names|''e'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|iː|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-E.wav}}); plural ''es'', ''Es'', or ''E's''.<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Oxford Dictionary of English |chapter=E | publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn= 9780199571123 |edition=3rd |date=2010 |quote=''noun (plural Es or E's'')}}</ref>

It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Latin language|Latin]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and [[Swedish language|Swedish]].<ref name="Brian Kelk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bckelk.org.uk/words/etaoin.html|title=Letter frequencies|last=Kelk|first=Brian|access-date=2022-02-02|archive-date=2008-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509055951/http://www.bckelk.ukfsn.org/words/etaoin.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.central.edu/emp/LintonT/classes/spring01/cryptography/letterfreq.html |title=Relative Frequencies of Letters in General English Plain text |last=Lewand |first=Robert |work=Cryptographical Mathematics |publisher=[[Central College (Iowa)|Central College]] |access-date=2008-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708193159/http://pages.central.edu/emp/LintonT/classes/spring01/cryptography/letterfreq.html |archive-date=2008-07-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/ltfrqsp.shtml|title=Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in Spanish|publisher=Santa Cruz Public Libraries|access-date=2008-06-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511220207/http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/ltfrqsp.shtml|archive-date=2008-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/ltfrqfr.shtml|title=Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in French|publisher=Santa Cruz Public Libraries|access-date=2008-06-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312222737/http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/ltfrqfr.shtml|archive-date=2008-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/ltfrqger.shtml|title=Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in German|publisher=Santa Cruz Public Libraries|access-date=2008-06-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120628214132/http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/ltfrqger.shtml|archive-date=2012-06-28}}</ref>