# Old English Letter S > The Old English (Fraktur) letter S: copyable forms, how it is built and what it is confused with. - **URL**: https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-alphabet/s --- | Form | Character | Code point | | --- | --- | --- | | Fraktur capital | 𝔖 | U+1D516 | | Fraktur lowercase | 𝔰 | U+1D530 | | Bold Fraktur capital | 𝕾 | U+1D57E | | Bold Fraktur lowercase | π–˜ | U+1D598 | ## How the Old English S is built Capital S is a compact double curve with angular joins. Lowercase s has two forms historically: the long s (ΕΏ) at the start and middle of words and the round s at the end. ## Easily confused with The long s is easily mistaken for f. The round lowercase 𝔰 is also tall in Fraktur, so read it in context. ## Where people use it S starts Saint and Sinner, a popular pairing, plus surnames like Santana. ## Example words - Santana: 𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖆 - Sinner: π•Ύπ–Žπ–“π–“π–Šπ–— - Saint: π•Ύπ–†π–Žπ–“π–™ - Strength: π•Ύπ–™π–—π–Šπ–“π–Œπ–™π– - S.S.: 𝕾.𝕾. [Full Old English alphabet](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-alphabet)