Ñ, pronounced en-ye, is the letter n with a diacritical tilde indicating a nasalized pronunciation. The sound is similar to the “n” in the English word “onion”. Originally ñ was used a ligature for the double-n in words like año, which was historically spelled anno.

Ñ, or ñ, is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by placing a tilde (also referred to as a virgulilla in Spanish) on top of an upper- or lower-case N.