How To Dial Letters on iPhone

You might have come across various companies that advertise their number as a mixture of letters and numbers to be easy to remember. For instance, an interior decorator might advertise his number as 1-800-PAINTER, while his actual number is 1-800-724-6837. There can be other similar numbers with letters in them, especially free ones.

So how do you dial them? The dialer in iPhone only has numbers and not letters, so how do you convert the letters into numbers? It’s actually pretty easy, and you can quickly get the hang of it by transforming the numbers a couple of times.

So if you’re wondering how to dial letters on your iPhone, here’s everything you need to know.

Overview of Dialing Letters on an iPhone

If you’ve ever used old monoblock phones with keypads for texting, dialing letters on your iPhone will naturally come to you. Such phones had letters written below the number, and to form a text, you had to keep pressing a number until you got the letter you wanted. So, for example, if you wanted to write the letter ‘b,’ you had to press the number 2 two times to get that letter.

Now take a look at your iPhone dialer. You will see that digits from 2 to 9 will have letters mentioned below them. Some have three letters assigned to them, while others have 4. Now, all that’s left is dialing the numbers!

Steps To Dial Letters on iPhone

Dialing letters on an iPhone is pretty straightforward. Take out your iPhone and follow these steps:

Step #1: Launch the Phone App

Find the green-colored phone icon on your iPhone and tap on it to open the Phone app. You will see the numerical dial pad on your screen.

Step #2: Find the Right Letters

Take a look at the phone number you want to dial and start with the first letter. Locate the corresponding number on the keypad. For instance, if the letter you want to dial is C, then the corresponding number is 2.

Step #3: Finish the Number

Now convert all the letters into the corresponding numbers, and simply press call!

Alternatively: Use Dictation

Another way to dial letters on an iPhone is by using the dictation feature. To do so:

1. Go to the Settings app.
2. Go to General, then Keyboard, and Enable Dictation.
3. Press the microphone button and start speaking.
4. After saying the number you want to dial, just press Done and the phone will take care of the rest for you.

Summary

You now know how to dial letters on an iPhone. So the next time you see a number with a mix of letters and digits, you know what to do! With a little bit of practice, you will be able to transform the letters into numbers without looking at the dial pad!

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