| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɛtər/ |
| Hyphenation | let·ter |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | letters |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| lettertje | lettertjes |
| Catalan | lletra |
|---|---|
| Danish | bogstav |
| English | letter |
| English (Old English) | stæf |
| Esperanto | litero |
| Faeroese | bókstavur |
| Finnish | kirjain |
| French | lettre |
| German | Buchstabe; Letter; Type |
| Icelandic | bókstafur |
| Italian | lettera |
| Latin | littera |
| Low German | letter; bookstave |
| Norwegian | bokstav |
| Papiamento | lèter |
| Polish | litera |
| Portuguese | letra |
| Russian | буква |
| Saterland Frisian | Boukstäf; Lättere |
| Spanish | letra |
| Swedish | bokstav |
| Tagalog | titik; letra |
| Welsh | llythyren |
| West Frisian | letter |