How to Type O with Accent Marks (Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö) on Any Keyboard

The letter O takes on a surprising range of accented forms across European languages — from the grave ò of Italian, to the tilde õ unique to Portuguese, to the umlaut ö central to German, Swedish, and Finnish. Each accented O represents a distinct sound and in many cases cannot be substituted with a plain O without changing the word entirely. This guide covers every way to type every accented O on any device and platform.

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The Complete List of O with Accent Marks

Before diving into methods, here is every accented version of the letter O you might need:

Symbol	Name	Unicode	Languages
Ò / ò	O with grave	U+00D2 / U+00F2	Italian, French, Vietnamese
Ó / ó	O with acute	U+00D3 / U+00F3	Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Irish
Ô / ô	O with circumflex	U+00D4 / U+00F4	French, Portuguese, Romanian, Vietnamese
Õ / õ	O with tilde	U+00D5 / U+00F5	Portuguese, Estonian, Vietnamese
Ö / ö	O with umlaut / diaeresis	U+00D6 / U+00F6	German, Swedish, Finnish, Turkish, Hungarian
Ō / ō	O with macron	U+014C / U+014D	Latvian, Lithuanian, Māori, Japanese romanization
Ŏ / ŏ	O with breve	U+014E / U+014F	Romanian, academic transliteration
Ő / ő	O with double acute	U+0150 / U+0151	Hungarian
Ǒ / ǒ	O with caron	U+01D1 / U+01D2	Mandarin Pinyin romanization
Ọ / ọ	O with dot below	U+1ECC / U+1ECD	Vietnamese, Yoruba, Igbo
Ø / ø	O with stroke	U+00D8 / U+00F8	Danish, Norwegian, Faroese

Note: The O with stroke (Ø ø) is covered in detail in a separate article as it functions as an entirely independent letter in Scandinavian languages rather than a simple accent variant.

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What Each Accented O Sounds Like

Understanding the pronunciation helps you use the right variant for the right language:

Symbol	Pronunciation	Example Word	Meaning
ò	Open, relaxed “aw” sound	òra (Italian)	hour
ó	Sharp, closed “oh” sound	fútbol (Spanish)	football / soccer
ô	Elongated, rounded “oh”	côte (French)	coast / side
õ	Nasalized “ohn” sound	põe (Portuguese)	puts
ö	Front rounded vowel — like “ur” in “fur”	schön (German)	beautiful
ō	Long flat “oh” sound	Tōkyō (Japanese romanization)	Tokyo
ő	Longer, tenser version of ö	erő (Hungarian)	strength

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How to Type O with an Accent on Windows

Alt Codes (Numpad)

Make sure Num Lock is on, hold Alt, type the code on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.

Lowercase accented O

Character	Name	Alt Code
ò	O with grave	Alt + 149
ó	O with acute	Alt + 162
ô	O with circumflex	Alt + 147
õ	O with tilde	Alt + 0245
ö	O with umlaut	Alt + 148
ō	O with macron	Alt + 0333
ŏ	O with breve	Alt + 0335
ő	O with double acute	Alt + 0337

Uppercase accented O

Character	Name	Alt Code
Ò	O with grave	Alt + 0210
Ó	O with acute	Alt + 0211
Ô	O with circumflex	Alt + 0212
Õ	O with tilde	Alt + 0213
Ö	O with umlaut	Alt + 0214
Ō	O with macron	Alt + 0332
Ŏ	O with breve	Alt + 0334
Ő	O with double acute	Alt + 0336

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Unicode Input (Microsoft Word)

Type the Unicode code point then press Alt + X to convert:

Character	Type This	Then Press
ò	00F2	Alt + X
ó	00F3	Alt + X
ô	00F4	Alt + X
õ	00F5	Alt + X
ö	00F6	Alt + X
ō	014D	Alt + X
ŏ	014F	Alt + X
ő	0151	Alt + X

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Character Map

1. Open Start and search “Character Map”
2. Search for “latin small letter o” or the specific accent name (e.g., “o with tilde”)
3. Select your character
4. Click Select, then Copy
5. Paste into your document

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Add a Language Keyboard

For frequent use, adding the keyboard layout of the language you are writing in is the most efficient long-term solution:

1. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region
2. Click Add a language
3. Choose French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Turkish, or whichever language you need
4. Switch layouts using Windows key + Space

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How to Type O with an Accent on Mac

Press and Hold (Easiest Method)

Simply press and hold the O key on your Mac keyboard and a popup will appear with all available accented variants. Slide to the one you want or press the corresponding number key.

Holding O shows: ò ó ô ö õ ō

This works in every macOS app with no setup required and covers the most commonly needed accented O variants instantly.

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Option Key Shortcuts

Press the Option key combination first, release, then type O:

Character	Shortcut
ò (grave)	Option + ` then O
ó (acute)	Option + E then O
ô (circumflex)	Option + I then O
õ (tilde)	Option + N then O
ö (umlaut)	Option + U then O

For the macron ō, the double acute ő, and other extended variants not in the press-and-hold popup, use the Character Viewer (Control + Command + Space) or Unicode Hex Input.

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Character Viewer

1. Press Control + Command + Space
2. Search for “o with” followed by the accent name (e.g., “o with tilde”)
3. Double-click to insert

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Unicode Hex Input

1. Enable Unicode Hex Input under System Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources
2. Hold Option and type the Unicode code point:
   • 00F2 → ò
   • 00F3 → ó
   • 00F4 → ô
   • 00F5 → õ
   • 00F6 → ö
   • 014D → ō
   • 0151 → ő

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How to Type O with an Accent on iPhone and iPad

Press and Hold (Built-In — Easiest)

iOS supports accent popups natively with no setup required. Press and hold the O key and a row of accented variants slides up above the keyboard:

ò ó ô õ ö ō

Slide your finger to the character you want and release. Works in every iOS app instantly.

Uppercase Variants

Tap Shift first to enable caps, then press and hold O to access uppercase accented O variants in the same popup: Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ō

Switch Keyboard Language

For full access to all accented O variants used in a specific language:

1. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards
2. Tap Add New Keyboard
3. Choose your target language (French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Turkish, etc.)
4. Switch keyboards while typing using the globe icon

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How to Type O with an Accent on Android

Press and Hold

On most Android keyboards including Gboard, press and hold the O key to bring up a popup of accented variants:

ò ó ô õ ö ō

Slide to your choice and release. Works on most Android keyboards without any setup.

Add a Language in Gboard

1. Open Gboard Settings
2. Tap Languages
3. Tap Add Keyboard
4. Select your target language
5. Switch languages using the globe icon while typing

Personal Dictionary Shortcut

For less common variants like ő, ŏ, or ọ that may not appear in the press-and-hold popup:

1. Go to Gboard Settings > Dictionary > Personal Dictionary
2. Add the character (e.g., ő) with a shortcut like odac
3. Gboard will suggest it whenever you type that shortcut

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How to Type O with an Accent in Microsoft Word

Built-In Keyboard Shortcuts (Word Only)

Word has dedicated shortcuts for accented O that work regardless of your keyboard layout:

Character	Word Shortcut
ó (acute)	Ctrl + ‘ then O
ò (grave)	Ctrl + ` then O
ô (circumflex)	Ctrl + Shift + ^ then O
ö (umlaut)	Ctrl + Shift + : then O
õ (tilde)	Ctrl + Shift + ~ then O

For uppercase versions, hold Shift when typing the final O:

• Ctrl + ‘ then Shift + O → Ó
• Ctrl + ` then Shift + O → Ò
• Ctrl + Shift + ^ then Shift + O → Ô
• Ctrl + Shift + : then Shift + O → Ö
• Ctrl + Shift + ~ then Shift + O → Õ

Alt + X Method

Type the Unicode code point followed by Alt + X:

• 00F2 + Alt + X → ò
• 00F3 + Alt + X → ó
• 00F4 + Alt + X → ô
• 00F5 + Alt + X → õ
• 00F6 + Alt + X → ö

Insert > Symbol

1. Go to Insert > Symbol > More Symbols
2. Set Subset to Latin Extended-A or Latin-1 Supplement
3. Find and click your accented O variant
4. Click Insert

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How to Type O with an Accent in Google Docs

Insert > Special Characters

1. Go to Insert > Special Characters
2. Search for “o with grave”, “o with umlaut”, or whichever variant you need
3. Click the character to insert it

Substitutions

1. Go to Tools > Preferences > Substitutions
2. Set up shortcuts for the characters you use most, for example:
   • Replace o' with ó
   • Replace o` with ò
   • Replace o^ with ô
   • Replace o~ with õ
   • Replace o: with ö
3. Click OK

Copy and Paste

Copy any character you need directly from the table at the top of this article and paste it into your Google Doc.

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Accented O in HTML and CSS

For web developers, here are the HTML entities and Unicode values for every accented O:

Lowercase

Character	Named Entity	Hex Entity	Decimal Entity
ò	ò	ò	ò
ó	ó	ó	ó
ô	ô	ô	ô
õ	õ	õ	õ
ö	ö	ö	ö
ō	—	ō	ō
ŏ	—	ŏ	ŏ
ő	—	ő	ő

Uppercase

Character	Named Entity	Hex Entity	Decimal Entity
Ò	Ò	Ò	Ò
Ó	Ó	Ó	Ó
Ô	Ô	Ô	Ô
Õ	Õ	Õ	Õ
Ö	Ö	Ö	Ö
Ō	—	Ō	Ō
Ŏ	—	Ŏ	Ŏ
Ő	—	Ő	Ő

Best practice: For the five core accented O variants (ò ó ô õ ö), use the named entities — they are universally supported and highly readable in HTML source code. For extended variants (ō ŏ ő), use the hex numeric form. Always include <meta charset="UTF-8"> in your HTML <head>.

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Accented O by Language: When to Use Each Variant

Spanish

Spanish uses only ó (acute) — and only to mark stress in words where it falls unexpectedly or to distinguish between homophones:

• él (he) vs el (the) — same pattern applies to O words
• sólo (only/alone) — accent formerly required, now optional per RAE
• adiós (goodbye), camión (truck), corazón (heart)
• The acute accent in Spanish marks spoken stress, not a change in vowel quality

French

French uses ò, ô, and occasionally ö:

• ô (circumflex) — Most common. Historically marks a dropped S from older French: côte (coast, formerly coste), hôtel, château, tôt (soon), rôle
• ò (grave) — Rare in French, appears mainly in loanwords and names
• ö (diaeresis) — Indicates two adjacent vowels are pronounced separately: Noël, naïve

Portuguese

Portuguese uses ó, ô, and the highly distinctive õ:

• ó — Open stressed O: avó (grandmother), só (only), pó (dust)
• ô — Closed stressed O: avô (grandfather), cônjuge (spouse), pôr (to put)
• õ — Nasal O, unique to Portuguese among major European languages: pões (you put), limões (lemons), nações (nations), põe (puts)

The õ is one of the most distinctive features of Portuguese orthography — particularly Brazilian Portuguese — and has no equivalent in Spanish or French.

German

German uses ö (umlaut) extensively and it is one of the language’s three umlaut vowels alongside ä and ü:

• Changes the vowel from a back rounded O to a front rounded vowel
• Appears in common everyday words: schön (beautiful), können (can), öffnen (to open), Öl (oil), Österreich (Austria)
• Uppercase Ö appears in: Öl (oil), Östlich (eastern), proper names
• When ö cannot be typed (older systems), it is sometimes written as oe — schoen for schön — but this is a fallback, not standard

Swedish and Finnish

Both languages use ö as a full letter of the alphabet:

Swedish:

• ö is the last letter of the Swedish alphabet (after å)
• Common in words: öga (eye), öl (beer), öppna (open), söt (sweet), röd (red)
• The city name Göteborg (Gothenburg) contains ö

Finnish:

• ö appears in Finnish vowel harmony — words use either front vowels (ä, ö, y) or back vowels (a, o, u)
• Common words: yö (night), tyttö (girl), löytää (to find)

Turkish

Turkish uses ö as a distinct letter in its 29-letter alphabet:

• Represents the same front rounded vowel as in German
• Common words: göz (eye), söz (word), öğrenci (student), görüşmek (to meet)
• Turkish vowel harmony means ö words follow front vowel patterns throughout

Hungarian

Hungarian uses both ö and the unique ő (double acute):

• ö — Short front rounded vowel
• ő — Long version of the same sound — held longer in pronunciation
• The distinction between ö and ő changes meaning: tör (breaks) vs tőr (dagger)
• Common words with ő: erő (strength), idő (time/weather), ő (he/she), előtt (before)

The double acute accent (˝) is rare outside Hungarian and is one of the most distinctive features of Hungarian orthography.

Italian

Italian uses ò and occasionally ó:

• ò (grave) — Marks open stressed O at the end of words: però (but/however), perciò (therefore), poiché (since)
• ó (acute) — Marks closed stressed O, less common: used in some dictionaries and poetry to indicate pronunciation
• In everyday Italian writing, accents on O appear mainly at word endings: però, ciò (this/that), ciò che (that which)

Romanian

Romanian uses ô though it is now quite rare in modern Romanian orthography — the circumflex over O was largely replaced by the circumflex over I (î) in spelling reforms. It still appears in the word în and related forms.

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The Ö in English Context

Like the accented E variants, ö appears in a number of proper nouns and brand names that have entered English usage and technically retain their umlauts in correct spelling:

Name	Type	Correct Spelling
Mötley Crüe	Band	Mötley Crüe
Björk	Artist	Björk
Röntgen	Scientist (X-ray discoverer)	Wilhelm Röntgen
Schrödinger	Physicist	Erwin Schrödinger
Göteborg	City (Sweden)	Göteborg
Köln	City (Germany)	Köln
Nöel	Name variant	Noël
Citroën	Car brand	Citroën

In casual English writing these accents are often dropped, but in formal writing, journalism, and any context where accuracy matters, retaining the umlaut is the correct choice.

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Quick Reference: O with Accent Cheat Sheet

Character	Mac Shortcut	Windows Alt	Word Shortcut	HTML Entity
ò	Option + ` then O	Alt + 149	Ctrl + ` then O	ò
ó	Option + E then O	Alt + 162	Ctrl + ‘ then O	ó
ô	Option + I then O	Alt + 147	Ctrl+Shift+^ then O	ô
õ	Option + N then O	Alt + 0245	Ctrl+Shift+~ then O	õ
ö	Option + U then O	Alt + 148	Ctrl+Shift+: then O	ö
ō	Hold O (Mac/iOS)	Alt + 0333	014D + Alt+X	ō
ő	Character Viewer	Alt + 0337	0151 + Alt+X	ő
ŏ	Character Viewer	Alt + 0335	014F + Alt+X	ŏ

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Final Thoughts

The accented O variants span some of the most linguistically distinct characters in the Latin alphabet — from the common ó of Spanish to the uniquely Portuguese õ to the Hungarian ő that appears in almost no other major language. For quick and occasional use, press and hold on Mac, iPhone, and Android surfaces the five main variants instantly with no setup. For regular writing in German, Swedish, Turkish, or Finnish where ö is a constant presence, adding the language keyboard is the most natural long-term solution. Word users get excellent coverage through the built-in Ctrl shortcuts, and web developers should use the named HTML entities — ò, ó, ô, õ, and ö — for the five core variants, all of which have had universal browser support since the earliest days of the web.