How to Type French Letters with Accents on an English Keyboard (Windows, Mac, Word, Google Docs)

French uses the same 26 letters as English, but it also uses accents and a few special characters. The most common ones you’ll see are é, è, ê, ë, plus ç (c with cedilla), œ (oe ligature), and French quotes « ».

This guide gives you four things people usually want:

Fast copy/paste
How to type on Windows + Mac
How to type in Word/Excel/Google Docs
The best long-term fix: add a French keyboard layout

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1-Minute Answer (Fastest Ways)

1) Fast copy/paste (quickest for most people)

If you only need a few letters right now, copy from the lists in the Copy/Paste tool below.

French Letters (Click to Copy)

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