# \le

The ≤ symbol (Less-than or equal to, U+2264), written as \le in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/le

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≤ |
| Unicode | U+2264 LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\le
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

3.57% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 35 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2264 (LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO).

### [base/le-to-leq](https://texform.dev/rules/base/le-to-leq)

Collapse le to the explicit leq relation character.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\le
```

→

```latex
\leq
```

```latex
A \le B
```

→

```latex
A \leq B
```