ICAO spelling alphabet
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
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The international radiotelephony spelling alphabet — commonly called the NATO phonetic alphabet — assigns an unambiguous code word to every letter so that spelling survives bad radio, bad phone lines and bad accents. Morse code included for every character.
| Character | Code word | Morse |
|---|---|---|
| Alfa | ·− | |
| Bravo | −··· | |
| Charlie | −·−· | |
| Delta | −·· | |
| Echo | · | |
| Foxtrot | ··−· | |
| Golf | −−· | |
| Hotel | ···· | |
| India | ·· | |
| Juliett | ·−−− | |
| Kilo | −·− | |
| Lima | ·−·· | |
| Mike | −− | |
| November | −· | |
| Oscar | −−− | |
| Papa | ·−−· | |
| Quebec | −−·− | |
| Romeo | ·−· | |
| Sierra | ··· | |
| Tango | − | |
| Uniform | ··− | |
| Victor | ···− | |
| Whiskey | ·−− | |
| X-ray | −··− | |
| Yankee | −·−− | |
| Zulu | −−·· | |
| Zero | −−−−− | |
| One | ·−−−− | |
| Two | ··−−− | |
| Three | ···−− | |
| Four | ····− | |
| Five | ····· | |
| Six | −···· | |
| Seven | −−··· | |
| Eight | −−−·· | |
| Nine | −−−−· |
Source: ICAO international radiotelephony spelling alphabet.