lowercase letter
Not a capital
A lowercase letter is the smaller form of a letter in alphabets that distinguish between two cases—a, b, c rather than A, B, C.
Most running text uses lowercase, with capitals reserved for sentence beginnings and proper nouns.
The term comes from the physical cases that held metal type, with smaller letters stored in the lower case for easier reach.
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- smallLimited in size
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- typeCategory sharing traits
font · font size · cursive · print · handwriting · shift · keyboard · typing · script · written word · abc · text · written · shift key · caps lock · uncial · italic · bold
lowercase lettercapital letter
Non-lowercase form
capital · majuscule · uppercase · upper case · block letter
lowercase letternumeral
Symbol denoting quantity
number · digit · punctuation mark · symbol · special character
lower, lowest, lowly, lowness, case, cases, cased, encase, encased