How to Type í (I with acute) on Excel

Q: What is the Unicode code for í?

U+00ED. In HTML it is &iacute;.

Published September 10, 2026, 2 min read

í is i with acute, a letter used in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Czech. On Excel, the quickest way to get it is =UNICHAR(237). This guide covers every method that works, including the capital Í and fixes for common problems.

í on Excel: =UNICHAR(237)

Í on Excel: =UNICHAR(205)

Or copy it:

Method 1: UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(237) in a cell to get í. To check a letter, =UNICODE("í") returns 237. Both work in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

Method 2: CHAR formula on Windows

=CHAR(237) also returns í on Windows, because it uses the Windows-1252 code page. On a Mac CHAR uses a different code page, so prefer UNICHAR.

Method 3: Keyboard methods inside a cell

Double-click the cell, then use Alt+0237 on Windows or Option+E, then I on a Mac.

Method 4: Find and replace accented text

Use =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"í","i") to strip this accent from a column, for example when cleaning names for an email system that does not accept accents.

How to type the capital Í

The uppercase form works the same way with Shift added where a letter is typed.

UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(205) in a cell to get Í. To check a letter, =UNICODE("Í") returns 205. Both work in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

CHAR formula on Windows

=CHAR(205) also returns Í on Windows, because it uses the Windows-1252 code page. On a Mac CHAR uses a different code page, so prefer UNICHAR.

About the letter í

í is Unicode U+00ED, named LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Icelandic and Dutch. A short line slanting up to the right. It marks stress in Spanish (canción), a closed vowel in French (été), vowel length in Czech, Hungarian and Irish, and a rising tone in Vietnamese and Pinyin. See the í character page for every code and shortcut.

Troubleshooting

UNICHAR is not available in Excel 2010 and earlier.
CSV files saved as plain "CSV" may lose accents. Save as "CSV UTF-8".
If accents show as question marks after import, set the file origin to 65001: Unicode (UTF-8) in the import wizard.

Frequently asked questions

What is the shortcut for í on Excel?

=UNICHAR(237).

Can I just copy and paste í?

Yes. Click the copy button above, then paste with Ctrl+V on Windows and Chromebook, Cmd+V on a Mac, or touch and hold and choose Paste on a phone.

What is the Unicode code for í?

U+00ED. In HTML it is í.

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