Letter 19 of 26
The letter S in braille
S is dots 2, 3 and 4.
Dots 2-3-4
Unicode ⠎ — U+280E
How to recognise it
Dots 2, 3 and 4. s leaves the top-left empty, which is unusual and makes it easier to spot than its dot count suggests.
How this cell is built
S belongs to decade 2. It is the letter i with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
idot 3s
Easily confused with
These letters differ from S by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with S, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
see
some
small
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, S means “so”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter s. See the contraction reference for the full list.