Italian requires è, ù, ò, à, ì, é, ó, í and (rarely used) î Accented letters just don't appear that much prominently as in French or Spanish, and distinctions

Italian requires è, ù, ò, à, ì, é, ó, í and (rarely used) î Accented letters just don't appear that much prominently as in French or Spanish, and distinctions of acute and grave accents are often nowadays lost even on native writers if it wasn't for spellcheckers.