Letter

Last updated September 15, 2025

Letter, letters, or literature may refer to:

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Letter (alphabet), a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech or none in the case of a silent letter; any of the symbols of an alphabet
Letterform, the graphic form of a letter of the alphabet, either as written or in a particular type font
Rehearsal letter in an orchestral score

Letter (message), a form of written communication
- Mail
Letters, the collected correspondence of a writer or historically significant person
- Pauline epistles, addressed by St. Paul to various communities or congregations, such as "Letters to the Galatians" or "Letters to the Corinthians", and part of the canonical books of the Bible
- Maktubat (disambiguation), the Arabic word for collected letters
The letter as a form of second-person literature; see Epistle
- Epistulae (Pliny)
- Epistolary novel, a long-form fiction composed of letters (epistles)
Open letter, a public letter as distinguished from private correspondence
Letter to the editor, a letter sent to a newspaper, magazine, or online publication by one of its readers and meant to be published
Encyclical letter in the Catholic Church
Apostolic letter (litterae apostolicae), a type of ecclesiastical letter in the Catholic Church
Letter (paper size), paper conventionally sized for letter-writing

Letters, an obsolete synecdoche for literacy; e.g. "He knows his letters"
Literature as in Letters, Arts and Sciences
Varsity letter, an award given in the U.S. for interscholastic or intercollegiate merit in a sport or other activity such as band or orchestra