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NATO Phonetic Alphabet Translator

Spell any name, email, or code as Alfa, Bravo, Charlie in 6 styles, decode NATO words back to text, and hear them read aloud. Then test yourself in Practice mode.

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Last updated: October 5, 2026 · Published: 2026-04-09 · Updated: 2026-10-05

Mode

Spell it as

Spelling

Radio numbers (Tree, Fife, Niner)Say capital and small (for passwords)

Text to spell

10 characters to spell

NATO words

Sierra Mike India Tango Hotel / Kilo Seven Quebec X-ray Two

S Sierra
m Mike
i India
t Tango
h Hotel
K Kilo
7 SEV-en
Q Quebec
X X-ray
2 TOO

All 6 ways to spell it

What is the NATO phonetic alphabet?

The NATO phonetic alphabet is a set of 26 code words, from Alfa for A to Zulu for Z, used to spell letters clearly over radio and phone, where B, D, and P or M and N are easy to mishear. Its official name is the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, and aviation calls it the ICAO spelling alphabet.

The words were chosen to be understood by speakers of English, French, and Spanish, after hundreds of thousands of comprehension tests with speakers from 31 nations. The final version took effect on March 1, 1956, and pilots, air traffic control, the military, emergency services, and customer support still use it unchanged.

How to use the NATO alphabet translator

1
Type what you need to spell
Enter a name, email address, booking reference, postcode, or call sign. Each letter, digit, and symbol is spelled as you type.
2
Pick a style
Choose from 6 styles, including plain code words, A as in Alfa for the phone, ICAO pronunciation, and the US police and WWII alphabets. Switch between Alfa and Alpha, or turn on radio numbers.
3
Copy it, hear it, or practise
Copy one style or all of them, press Listen to hear the code words, or switch to Practice to test yourself.

NATO alphabet chart with pronunciation

The official ICAO spellings with ICAO’s respelled pronunciation, stressed syllables in capitals. Morse code is included for reference.

Letter	Code word	Say it	Morse code
A	Alfa	AL fah	.-
B	Bravo	BRAH voh	-...
C	Charlie	CHAR lee	-.-.
D	Delta	DELL tah	-..
E	Echo	ECK oh	.
F	Foxtrot	FOKS trot	..-.
G	Golf	GOLF	--.
H	Hotel	hoh TELL	....
I	India	IN dee ah	..
J	Juliett	JEW lee ETT	.---
K	Kilo	KEY loh	-.-
L	Lima	LEE mah	.-..
M	Mike	MIKE	--
N	November	no VEM ber	-.
O	Oscar	OSS cah	---
P	Papa	pah PAH	.--.
Q	Quebec	keh BECK	--.-
R	Romeo	ROW me oh	.-.
S	Sierra	see AIR rah	...
T	Tango	TANG go	-
U	Uniform	YOU nee form	..-
V	Victor	VIK tah	...-
W	Whiskey	WISS key	.--
X	X-ray	ECKS ray	-..-
Y	Yankee	YANG key	-.--
Z	Zulu	ZOO loo	--..

Why some words are spelled differently

Alfa: Spelled with f because speakers of some languages may not know that ph sounds like f.
Juliett: Double t so French speakers don't treat the final t as silent.
Xray: NATO corrected X-ray to the single word XRAY in a March 1956 note, so it is said as one word. ICAO and the FAA print X-ray.
Charlie: Can also be said SHAR lee, the French way.
Uniform: Can also be said OO nee form, as in Spanish and French.

NATO alphabet numbers

Digits use their English names, but ICAO changes how 3, 4, 5, and 9 are said so they can’t be confused. Ships use a different set of number words from the ITU and the International Maritime Organization.

Digit	Word	ICAO says	Maritime (ITU/IMO)	Morse code
0	Zero	ZE-RO	Nadazero	-----
1	One	WUN	Unaone	.----
2	Two	TOO	Bissotwo	..---
3	Three	TREE	Terrathree	...--
4	Four	FOW-er	Kartefour	....-
5	Five	FIFE	Pantafive	.....
6	Six	SIX	Soxisix	-....
7	Seven	SEV-en	Setteseven	--...
8	Eight	AIT	Oktoeight	---..
9	Nine	NIN-er	Novenine	----.
—	Decimal	DAY-SEE-MAL	The decimal point, as in one one eight decimal one
—	Hundred	HUN-dred	Whole hundreds in altitudes, cloud heights, and visibility
—	Thousand	TOU-SAND	Whole thousands in the same readings

How numbers are read on the radio

ICAO reads each digit separately. Only altitudes, cloud heights, visibility, and runway visual range in whole hundreds or thousands use the words hundred and thousand.

Number	Said as
Altitude 2,500 feet	two thousand fife hundred
Altitude 11,000 feet	one one thousand
Transponder code 7700	seven seven zero zero
Frequency 118.1	one one eight decimal one
Heading 090	zero niner zero
Flight level 350	tree fife zero

Spelling names, emails, and codes

Real examples, spelled by the generator above. Use the code words on the radio, and A as in Alfa on the phone with people who may not know the alphabet.

Example	Text	NATO, radio numbers	US police
Surname	Smith	Sierra Mike India Tango Hotel	Sam Mary Ida Tom Henry
Email address	jo.lee@mail.com	Juliett Oscar Dot Lima Echo Echo At Mike Alfa India Lima Dot Charlie Oscar Mike	John Ocean Dot Lincoln Edward Edward At Mary Adam Ida Lincoln Dot Charles Ocean Mary
Booking reference	K7QX2B	Kilo Seven Quebec X-ray Two Bravo	King Seven Queen X-ray Two Boy
UK postcode (Buckingham Palace)	SW1A 1AA	Sierra Whiskey One Alfa / One Alfa Alfa	Sam William One Adam / One Adam Adam
US aircraft registration	N123AB	November One Two Tree Alfa Bravo	Nora One Two Three Adam Boy
License plate	8QXG518	Eight Quebec X-ray Golf Fife One Eight	Eight Queen X-ray George Five One Eight

6 ways to spell it

"Hi 5" in each style the generator offers.

Style	Hi 5	Use it for
NATO words	Hotel India / Fife	The code words on their own, for radio and quick spelling.
A as in Alfa	H as in Hotel, I as in India / Fife	Letter and code word together, the clearest way to spell on the phone.
Pronunciation	hoh TELL · IN dee ah / FIFE	ICAO's respelling, with the stressed syllables in capitals.
One per line	H — Hotel i — India (space) 5 — Fife	A letter and its code word on each line, for notes and print.
US police (LAPD)	Henry Ida / Five	Adam, Boy, Charles: the APCO alphabet many US police still use.
WWII (Able Baker)	How Item / Five	The US and UK military alphabet used from 1943 until 1956.

Spoken names for symbols

There is no official list for most symbols, so the generator uses the plain names people understand. Military radio uses stop for a full stop and slant for a slash.

. Dot, Comma- Dash/ Slash@ At_ Underscore& Ampersand# Hash+ Plus' Apostrophe! Exclamation mark? Question mark: Colon; Semicolon" Quote( Open bracket) Close bracket* Asterisk= Equals% Percent$ Dollar£ Pound€ Euro

NATO vs police vs WWII alphabets

Many US police departments still use the APCO alphabet, shown here as used by the LAPD; some agencies swap in words such as Yellow for Y or Nancy for N. Able Baker is the US and UK military alphabet from World War II, which is where radio’s Roger, meaning received, comes from.

Letter	NATO (1956)	US police (APCO)	WWII (Able Baker)
A	Alfa	Adam	Able
B	Bravo	Boy	Baker
C	Charlie	Charles	Charlie
D	Delta	David	Dog
E	Echo	Edward	Easy
F	Foxtrot	Frank	Fox
G	Golf	George	George
H	Hotel	Henry	How
I	India	Ida	Item
J	Juliett	John	Jig
K	Kilo	King	King
L	Lima	Lincoln	Love
M	Mike	Mary	Mike
N	November	Nora	Nan
O	Oscar	Ocean	Oboe
P	Papa	Paul	Peter
Q	Quebec	Queen	Queen
R	Romeo	Robert	Roger
S	Sierra	Sam	Sugar
T	Tango	Tom	Tare
U	Uniform	Union	Uncle
V	Victor	Victor	Victor
W	Whiskey	William	William
X	X-ray	X-ray	X-ray
Y	Yankee	Young	Yoke
Z	Zulu	Zebra	Zebra

Local substitutions

The alphabet is the same worldwide, but a few places swap a word to avoid local confusion.

US airports: Foxtrot is often shortened to Fox.
British police: Indigo is used instead of India.
Indonesia: London replaces Lima, because lima means five in Malay.
Atlanta airport: Delta was reported to be replaced by David or Dixie, since Delta is also the airline's call sign. Calling Taxiway D Taxiway Dixie officially ended in 2020.

History of the NATO alphabet

It took three decades and several alphabets to settle on Alfa to Zulu. In the last round of changes, Coca became Charlie, Metro became Mike, Nectar became November, Union became Uniform, Extra became X-ray.

When	What happened
1927	The first internationally recognized spelling alphabet is adopted, using place names such as Amsterdam, Baltimore, and Canada. It is revised in 1932.
1941	The US armed forces adopt the Joint Army/Navy alphabet, known as Able Baker after its words for A and B.
1943	The US and UK adapt it into a shared alphabet so their forces and Australia's can talk during joint operations.
1946	ICAO adopts the Able Baker alphabet for international aviation, but many of its sounds exist only in English, so Latin America uses a separate alphabet.
1948–1949	Linguist Jean-Paul Vinay of the Université de Montréal works with ICAO on words that are similar in English, French, and Spanish.
November 1, 1951	A new alphabet starting Alfa, Bravo, Coca comes into effect for civil aviation.
1952–1955	ICAO retests the alphabet with speakers from 31 nations. Five words are replaced, and a recording goes to member states in November 1955.
March 1, 1956	The final alphabet takes effect for ICAO and NATO. It has not changed since.
1959	By this year the ITU requires it in its Radio Regulations, making it the standard for all radio services.
1974	APCO, the US public safety communications association, adopts the international alphabet, though many police departments keep Adam, Boy, Charles.

Terms used on this page

Spelling alphabet: A set of words that stand for letters, used to spell clearly over radio or phone.
Code word: One of the words in a spelling alphabet, such as Bravo for B.
ICAO: The International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN agency that publishes the alphabet in Annex 10 to the Chicago Convention.
NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which adopted the same alphabet for its military in 1956.
ITU: The International Telecommunication Union, which requires the alphabet in its Radio Regulations.
Radiotelephony: Two-way voice communication by radio, as used between pilots and air traffic control.
APCO alphabet: The Adam, Boy, Charles alphabet many US police departments still use.
Able Baker: The US and UK military alphabet used during World War II, from Able for A to Zebra for Z.
Phonetic alphabet (IPA): A system for writing down speech sounds. The NATO alphabet is often called phonetic, but it is a spelling alphabet.

Frequently asked questions

Spelling names, Alfa vs Alpha, radio numbers, police and WWII alphabets, history, and learning.

What is the NATO phonetic alphabet?+

It is a set of 26 code words, Alfa to Zulu, that stand for the letters A to Z, plus spoken forms for the digits 0 to 9. Its official name is the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. Pilots, air traffic controllers, the military, emergency services, and call centres use it so letters aren't misheard over radio or phone.

How do I spell my name in the NATO alphabet?+

Type your name in the generator and it spells each letter as a code word. Smith becomes Sierra Mike India Tango Hotel. On the phone, the A as in Alfa style is clearest: S as in Sierra, M as in Mike, I as in India, T as in Tango, H as in Hotel.

Is it Alpha or Alfa, Juliet or Juliett?+

The official ICAO spellings are Alfa and Juliett. Alfa is spelled with an f because speakers of some languages may not know that ph sounds like f, and Juliett has a double t because French speakers may treat a single final t as silent. Alpha and Juliet are common in English, and the generator can use either.

Why do pilots say niner, tree, and fife?+

ICAO gives four digits a special pronunciation. Tree avoids the th sound, which some speakers say as sri, fower keeps 4 apart from for, fife keeps 5 from sounding like fire, and niner keeps 9 apart from the German nein, meaning no. Turn on Radio numbers to use them.

How are numbers said on the radio?+

ICAO says each digit separately, so transponder code 7700 is "seven seven zero zero". Altitudes, cloud heights, and visibility in whole hundreds or thousands use those words: 2,500 feet is "two thousand fife hundred".

What is the police phonetic alphabet?+

Many US police departments, including the LAPD, use the older APCO alphabet: Adam, Boy, Charles, David, and so on. APCO officially switched to the international alphabet in 1974, but most departments kept the old words. The license plate 8QXG518 is Eight Queen X-ray George Five One Eight in police radio.

What alphabet was used before NATO?+

From 1943 the US and UK armed forces used the Able Baker alphabet: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy. A new international alphabet came into civil aviation in 1951, and after testing with speakers from 31 nations five words were replaced (Coca became Charlie, Metro became Mike, Nectar became November, Union became Uniform, Extra became X-ray). The final version took effect on March 1, 1956.

Why is it called the NATO alphabet if ICAO made it?+

The International Civil Aviation Organization developed it for aviation, and NATO adopted it for its military on the same date, March 1, 1956. The NATO name stuck in everyday use, while aviation documents call it the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Is the NATO alphabet a phonetic alphabet?+

Not in the linguistic sense. It is a spelling alphabet: each word stands for a letter. A phonetic alphabet, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), writes down the sounds of speech.

How do I spell an email address or a password?+

Symbols have spoken names: jo.lee@mail.com becomes Juliett Oscar Dot Lima Echo Echo At Mike Alfa India Lima Dot Charlie Oscar Mike. For passwords, turn on Say capital and small, so Kq7! becomes "capital K as in Kilo, small q as in Quebec, Seven, Exclamation mark".

How can I learn the NATO alphabet quickly?+

Learn it in groups of five or six letters, say each word aloud, and then spell things around you, such as license plates and signs. The Practice mode gives you random letters, call signs, or codes to spell and scores each answer.

Is this NATO alphabet translator free and private?+

Yes. It runs in your browser, needs no account, and sends nothing you type to a server. Listen uses your device's built-in voice.

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NATO Phonetic Alphabet Translator

Spell any name, email, or code as Alfa, Bravo, Charlie in 6 styles, decode NATO words back to text, and hear them read aloud. Then test yourself in Practice mode.

Sending it by radio light or sound? Try the Morse Code Generator or browse the Text tools.

Last updated: October 5, 2026 · Published: 2026-04-09 · Updated: 2026-10-05

Mode

Spell it as

Spelling

Radio numbers (Tree, Fife, Niner)Say capital and small (for passwords)

Text to spell

10 characters to spell

NATO words

Sierra Mike India Tango Hotel / Kilo Seven Quebec X-ray Two

S Sierra
m Mike
i India
t Tango
h Hotel
K Kilo
7 SEV-en
Q Quebec
X X-ray
2 TOO

All 6 ways to spell it

What is the NATO phonetic alphabet?

How to use the NATO alphabet translator

1
Type what you need to spell
Enter a name, email address, booking reference, postcode, or call sign. Each letter, digit, and symbol is spelled as you type.
2
Pick a style
Choose from 6 styles, including plain code words, A as in Alfa for the phone, ICAO pronunciation, and the US police and WWII alphabets. Switch between Alfa and Alpha, or turn on radio numbers.
3
Copy it, hear it, or practise
Copy one style or all of them, press Listen to hear the code words, or switch to Practice to test yourself.

NATO alphabet chart with pronunciation

The official ICAO spellings with ICAO’s respelled pronunciation, stressed syllables in capitals. Morse code is included for reference.

Letter	Code word	Say it	Morse code
A	Alfa	AL fah	.-
B	Bravo	BRAH voh	-...
C	Charlie	CHAR lee	-.-.
D	Delta	DELL tah	-..
E	Echo	ECK oh	.
F	Foxtrot	FOKS trot	..-.
G	Golf	GOLF	--.
H	Hotel	hoh TELL	....
I	India	IN dee ah	..
J	Juliett	JEW lee ETT	.---
K	Kilo	KEY loh	-.-
L	Lima	LEE mah	.-..
M	Mike	MIKE	--
N	November	no VEM ber	-.
O	Oscar	OSS cah	---
P	Papa	pah PAH	.--.
Q	Quebec	keh BECK	--.-
R	Romeo	ROW me oh	.-.
S	Sierra	see AIR rah	...
T	Tango	TANG go	-
U	Uniform	YOU nee form	..-
V	Victor	VIK tah	...-
W	Whiskey	WISS key	.--
X	X-ray	ECKS ray	-..-
Y	Yankee	YANG key	-.--
Z	Zulu	ZOO loo	--..

Why some words are spelled differently

Alfa: Spelled with f because speakers of some languages may not know that ph sounds like f.
Juliett: Double t so French speakers don't treat the final t as silent.
Xray: NATO corrected X-ray to the single word XRAY in a March 1956 note, so it is said as one word. ICAO and the FAA print X-ray.
Charlie: Can also be said SHAR lee, the French way.
Uniform: Can also be said OO nee form, as in Spanish and French.

NATO alphabet numbers

Digit	Word	ICAO says	Maritime (ITU/IMO)	Morse code
0	Zero	ZE-RO	Nadazero	-----
1	One	WUN	Unaone	.----
2	Two	TOO	Bissotwo	..---
3	Three	TREE	Terrathree	...--
4	Four	FOW-er	Kartefour	....-
5	Five	FIFE	Pantafive	.....
6	Six	SIX	Soxisix	-....
7	Seven	SEV-en	Setteseven	--...
8	Eight	AIT	Oktoeight	---..
9	Nine	NIN-er	Novenine	----.
—	Decimal	DAY-SEE-MAL	The decimal point, as in one one eight decimal one
—	Hundred	HUN-dred	Whole hundreds in altitudes, cloud heights, and visibility
—	Thousand	TOU-SAND	Whole thousands in the same readings

How numbers are read on the radio

ICAO reads each digit separately. Only altitudes, cloud heights, visibility, and runway visual range in whole hundreds or thousands use the words hundred and thousand.

Number	Said as
Altitude 2,500 feet	two thousand fife hundred
Altitude 11,000 feet	one one thousand
Transponder code 7700	seven seven zero zero
Frequency 118.1	one one eight decimal one
Heading 090	zero niner zero
Flight level 350	tree fife zero

Spelling names, emails, and codes

Real examples, spelled by the generator above. Use the code words on the radio, and A as in Alfa on the phone with people who may not know the alphabet.

Example	Text	NATO, radio numbers	US police
Surname	Smith	Sierra Mike India Tango Hotel	Sam Mary Ida Tom Henry
Email address	jo.lee@mail.com	Juliett Oscar Dot Lima Echo Echo At Mike Alfa India Lima Dot Charlie Oscar Mike	John Ocean Dot Lincoln Edward Edward At Mary Adam Ida Lincoln Dot Charles Ocean Mary
Booking reference	K7QX2B	Kilo Seven Quebec X-ray Two Bravo	King Seven Queen X-ray Two Boy
UK postcode (Buckingham Palace)	SW1A 1AA	Sierra Whiskey One Alfa / One Alfa Alfa	Sam William One Adam / One Adam Adam
US aircraft registration	N123AB	November One Two Tree Alfa Bravo	Nora One Two Three Adam Boy
License plate	8QXG518	Eight Quebec X-ray Golf Fife One Eight	Eight Queen X-ray George Five One Eight

6 ways to spell it

"Hi 5" in each style the generator offers.

Style	Hi 5	Use it for
NATO words	Hotel India / Fife	The code words on their own, for radio and quick spelling.
A as in Alfa	H as in Hotel, I as in India / Fife	Letter and code word together, the clearest way to spell on the phone.
Pronunciation	hoh TELL · IN dee ah / FIFE	ICAO's respelling, with the stressed syllables in capitals.
One per line	H — Hotel i — India (space) 5 — Fife	A letter and its code word on each line, for notes and print.
US police (LAPD)	Henry Ida / Five	Adam, Boy, Charles: the APCO alphabet many US police still use.
WWII (Able Baker)	How Item / Five	The US and UK military alphabet used from 1943 until 1956.

Spoken names for symbols

There is no official list for most symbols, so the generator uses the plain names people understand. Military radio uses stop for a full stop and slant for a slash.

NATO vs police vs WWII alphabets

Letter	NATO (1956)	US police (APCO)	WWII (Able Baker)
A	Alfa	Adam	Able
B	Bravo	Boy	Baker
C	Charlie	Charles	Charlie
D	Delta	David	Dog
E	Echo	Edward	Easy
F	Foxtrot	Frank	Fox
G	Golf	George	George
H	Hotel	Henry	How
I	India	Ida	Item
J	Juliett	John	Jig
K	Kilo	King	King
L	Lima	Lincoln	Love
M	Mike	Mary	Mike
N	November	Nora	Nan
O	Oscar	Ocean	Oboe
P	Papa	Paul	Peter
Q	Quebec	Queen	Queen
R	Romeo	Robert	Roger
S	Sierra	Sam	Sugar
T	Tango	Tom	Tare
U	Uniform	Union	Uncle
V	Victor	Victor	Victor
W	Whiskey	William	William
X	X-ray	X-ray	X-ray
Y	Yankee	Young	Yoke
Z	Zulu	Zebra	Zebra

Local substitutions

The alphabet is the same worldwide, but a few places swap a word to avoid local confusion.

US airports: Foxtrot is often shortened to Fox.
British police: Indigo is used instead of India.
Indonesia: London replaces Lima, because lima means five in Malay.
Atlanta airport: Delta was reported to be replaced by David or Dixie, since Delta is also the airline's call sign. Calling Taxiway D Taxiway Dixie officially ended in 2020.

History of the NATO alphabet

When	What happened
1927	The first internationally recognized spelling alphabet is adopted, using place names such as Amsterdam, Baltimore, and Canada. It is revised in 1932.
1941	The US armed forces adopt the Joint Army/Navy alphabet, known as Able Baker after its words for A and B.
1943	The US and UK adapt it into a shared alphabet so their forces and Australia's can talk during joint operations.
1946	ICAO adopts the Able Baker alphabet for international aviation, but many of its sounds exist only in English, so Latin America uses a separate alphabet.
1948–1949	Linguist Jean-Paul Vinay of the Université de Montréal works with ICAO on words that are similar in English, French, and Spanish.
November 1, 1951	A new alphabet starting Alfa, Bravo, Coca comes into effect for civil aviation.
1952–1955	ICAO retests the alphabet with speakers from 31 nations. Five words are replaced, and a recording goes to member states in November 1955.
March 1, 1956	The final alphabet takes effect for ICAO and NATO. It has not changed since.
1959	By this year the ITU requires it in its Radio Regulations, making it the standard for all radio services.
1974	APCO, the US public safety communications association, adopts the international alphabet, though many police departments keep Adam, Boy, Charles.

Terms used on this page

Spelling alphabet: A set of words that stand for letters, used to spell clearly over radio or phone.
Code word: One of the words in a spelling alphabet, such as Bravo for B.
ICAO: The International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN agency that publishes the alphabet in Annex 10 to the Chicago Convention.
NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which adopted the same alphabet for its military in 1956.
ITU: The International Telecommunication Union, which requires the alphabet in its Radio Regulations.
Radiotelephony: Two-way voice communication by radio, as used between pilots and air traffic control.
APCO alphabet: The Adam, Boy, Charles alphabet many US police departments still use.
Able Baker: The US and UK military alphabet used during World War II, from Able for A to Zebra for Z.
Phonetic alphabet (IPA): A system for writing down speech sounds. The NATO alphabet is often called phonetic, but it is a spelling alphabet.

Frequently asked questions

Spelling names, Alfa vs Alpha, radio numbers, police and WWII alphabets, history, and learning.

What is the NATO phonetic alphabet?+

How do I spell my name in the NATO alphabet?+

Is it Alpha or Alfa, Juliet or Juliett?+

Why do pilots say niner, tree, and fife?+

How are numbers said on the radio?+

What is the police phonetic alphabet?+

What alphabet was used before NATO?+

Why is it called the NATO alphabet if ICAO made it?+

Is the NATO alphabet a phonetic alphabet?+

Not in the linguistic sense. It is a spelling alphabet: each word stands for a letter. A phonetic alphabet, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), writes down the sounds of speech.

How do I spell an email address or a password?+

How can I learn the NATO alphabet quickly?+

Is this NATO alphabet translator free and private?+

Yes. It runs in your browser, needs no account, and sends nothing you type to a server. Listen uses your device's built-in voice.

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What is the NATO phonetic alphabet?

How to use the NATO alphabet translator

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Why some words are spelled differently

NATO alphabet numbers

How numbers are read on the radio

Spelling names, emails, and codes

6 ways to spell it

Spoken names for symbols

NATO vs police vs WWII alphabets

Local substitutions

History of the NATO alphabet

Terms used on this page

Frequently asked questions

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