This is useful when writing in French, Spanish, or other non-English languages.

Every iPhone has a set of accents and alternate characters built-in.

These accents and characters are easy to find.

screenshot: accents in iPhone keyboard

The iPhone keyboard has dozens of accents. You just need to know where to look.

Here’s what to do.

Instructions in this article apply to devices runningiOS 9or later.

A row of accented versions of the letter appears.

If nothing appears, that letter or punctuation mark does not have an accent.

Don’t push too hard when you tap and hold a letter.

On those models, a light tap and hold is best.

you could also find symbols and punctuation marks.

Access them the same way you do accents: tap and hold to display the alternate symbols.

If you’ve never installed a keyboard before, learnhow to install third-party keyboards on your iPhone.

You may have to tap and hold to open a menu with more options.