How many letters are in the alphabet

Want to know how many letters the English alphabet has? Please click here to follow the list.

Or if you are trying to solve the viral riddle “how many letters are in the word alphabet” (which is still trending on social media), we’ve answered it here.

Let’s start with the language connection of the word alphabet. 🙂

How many letters are in the alphabet – Language

Meaning of alphabet

The word ‘alphabet’ (ælfəbet) is a noun. It refers to a collection of letters that are arranged in a fixed order and used to give a language its written expression.

The English alphabet is populated with a total of 26 letters, starting from ‘A’ and ending with ‘Z’.

List of 26 Letters in English alphabet

Sl No.	Alphabets
1	A
2	B
3	C
4	D
5	E
6	F
7	G
8	H
9	I
10	J
11	K
12	L
13	M
14	N
15	O
16	P
17	Q
18	R
19	S
20	T
21	U
22	V
23	W
24	X
25	Y
26	Z

How many letters are in the alphabet – Riddle

Meaning of riddle

Riddles are funny brain boosters, often posed as questions that get solved with amusing and surprising answers.

Riddles are good for people of all groups, and not just for kids. Riddles can enhance vocabulary, improve comprehension and creativity, improve the quality of thought and brainpower, and evokes laughter, which is good for health.

How many letters are in the alphabet Riddle (Answered)

Let’s figure it out

The riddle is very simple to solve, but only if you use some logical reasoning.

If you think the answer to this riddle ” How many letters are in the alphabet” is 26, you are wrong.

You would ask why because the English language actually has 26 alphabets.

But if you analyze the question, it is not referring to the number of letters in the English language. It is asking how many letters are there in the words “the alphabet”.

So, in order to figure out the answer and solve the riddle, you need to count the number of words in the words “the alphabet”

Word	Total letter count
The	3
Alphabet	8

8 + 3 = 11

Hence, the words “the” and “alphabet” are populated with a total of 11 letters.

So, next time when someone asks you How many letters in the alphabet, you know the answer.

If the person is not referring to the riddle, the answer is 26.