R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ar (pronounced ), plural ars.
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R is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet and is used in modern English and many other languages around the world. It's an essential part of written communication, allowing us to represent the sounds and words we use in everyday language.
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- Grapheme.script
- latin script
- Grapheme.type
- Alphabet
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- 18
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- Name
- History
- Antiquity
- Cursive
- Use in writing systems
- English
- Other languages
- Other systems
- Other uses
- Related characters
- Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
- Calligraphic variants in the Latin alphabet
- Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
- Abbreviations, signs and symbols
- Other representations
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- See also
- References
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R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ar (pronounced ), plural ars.
The letter is the eighth most common letter in English and the fourth-most common consonant, after , , and .