The old spellings with , , and remained in use until the eighteenth century. They were replaced by , , and , respectively in 1726. and continued to be used in some words due to their etymology (e.g. , ), but this usage was largely reduced during the 1860—1880s, so these words became and . The letter was replaced by in 1815, although word-final remained until 1832 (e.g. , now ). The combinations and were originally used only in a few etymological cases (e.g. , ) and also in diminutives (); in the Ortografía of 1815, and were replaced by and in some words (e.g. ) but by and in other words (e. g. ); the Diccionario of 1817 used mostly and (e.g. ) but and word-initially (e.g. ); in the Diccionario of 1832, and in words that did not have g in Latin were changed to , (e.g. , from Latin , became ), but word-initial unetymological and remained; the Diccionario of 1837 stated explicitly that from then on, and were to be written only in words where they are justified by etymology.
