# \sim

The ∼ symbol (Tilde operator, U+223C), written as \sim in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Miscellaneous symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/miscellaneous) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ∼ |
| Unicode | U+223C TILDE OPERATOR |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\sim
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

1.36% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 58 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+223C (TILDE OPERATOR).