# What is the purpose of the letter H in Spanish?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-letter-h-in-spanish/284264 "2005-01-11T19:56:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-letter-h-in-spanish/284264/21 "2005-01-13T19:32:26Z")

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Nope, I’m wrong. The ñ is still a separate letter. It seems, though, that ch, ll, and rr are still considered entire letters, but they’re only to be _sorted_ as if they were individual letters. If I feel like I won’t get too many weird looks, maybe I’ll go around in a bit and ask all of my coworkers how many letters are in the alphabet…

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