second letter

B, for instance

The second letter is the letter that comes after the first in a word, name, or sequence.

In the alphabet, B is the second letter.

The phrase often appears in word games, puzzles, or spelling contexts: The second letter of "apple" is P.

What's the second letter of your last name?

Related

digraph · beta · runner-up · successor · vice · vice president · sequence · bravo · silver · deputy · adjacency · ordinal · spelling · spelling bee · penultimate · consonant · order · secondary

Opposites
ordinal position in sequence

second letterfirst letter

Opening character of word

last letter · initial letter · initial · opener · lead-off

Family

letter, second

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G