NATO Phonetic Alphabet Converter

Spell anything as Alpha-Bravo-Charlie.

NATO phonetic

Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar (space) Two Zero Two Five

Reference table

0Zero

1One

2Two

3Three

4Four

5Five

6Six

7Seven

8Eight

9Niner

AAlpha

BBravo

CCharlie

DDelta

EEcho

FFoxtrot

GGolf

HHotel

IIndia

JJuliett

KKilo

LLima

MMike

NNovember

OOscar

PPapa

QQuebec

RRomeo

SSierra

TTango

UUniform

VVictor

WWhiskey

XX-ray

YYankee

ZZulu

About

Type a word or phrase and get the NATO phonetic spelling: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and so on. Useful for spelling things on bad phone connections, dictating confirmation codes, and just sounding professional on the radio.

How to use

Type any text.
See the NATO-phonetic version below.
Click copy.

FAQ

Why these specific words?+

Each word was chosen post-WWII to be distinct over poor radio connections, even between speakers of different first languages. They were tested across English, French, and Spanish for clarity.