i Latin small letter i

What i means

Turn Caps Lock off, then press i without Shift. On a standard English keyboard, holding Shift gives you uppercase I. If you need the small i in an identifier where capitals and lowercase count as different, check that capitalization hasn't changed it.

Why does i sometimes lose its dot?

A missing dot can reflect typography or a different character. A font may join letters into a single shape, called a ligature, that changes how the dot appears. That changes the drawing, not necessarily the text.

Check the actual text before replacing the letter. A screenshot alone may not tell you whether someone entered ordinary i or dotless ı.

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Turkey (Türkiye) Emoji

Who writes i

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Don't confuse it with

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ı

Latin Small Letter Dotless I

Dotless i is a separate character. Don't swap it with ordinary i to fix a font problem.

l

Latin Small Letter L

Lowercase L. At small sizes, inspect the letter in another font rather than identifying it from the stem alone.

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Digit One

The digit one. A hook or base can help distinguish it, but those details depend on the font.

і

Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I

Cyrillic і, used in Ukrainian and Belarusian. It looks identical but is a different character; searches and passwords treat them as different.

Related characters

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I

Latin Capital Letter I

The uppercase counterpart of i in English and most Latin-script languages. Turkish and Azerbaijani instead pair this capital with dotless ı.

İ

Latin Capital Letter I With Dot Above

Capital I with a dot: the uppercase counterpart of i in Turkish and Azerbaijani. The dot stays when the letter is capitalized.

Questions people ask

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Can I use i instead of ı in Turkish?

No. Turkish and Azerbaijani distinguish dotted and dotless letters; substituting one for the other changes spelling. When converting between capitals and lowercase, use software settings that respect the text's language.