The NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Letter | Phonic Word | Pronunciation |
A | Alpha | AL FAH |
B | Bravo | BRAH VOH |
C | Charlie | CHAR LEE |
D | Delta | DEL TAH |
E | Echo | ECK OH |
F | Foxtrot | FOKS TROT |
G | Golf | GOLF |
H | Hotel | HO TELL |
I | India | IN DEE AH |
J | Juliet | 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 |
Symbol | Code word | Respellings | ||||||||
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ICAO[14] (English) |
SIA[17] (French) |
CCEB2016[18] | FAA[19] | ITU-R 2007 (WRC-07)[20] IMO (English)[21] |
IMO (French)[21] |
U.S. Navy 1957[22] |
U.S. Army[23] | |||
1 | One, unaone | WUN /ˈwʌn/ | OUANN [ˈwan] | wun | wun | OO-NAH-WUN | OUNA-OUANN | wun | wun, won (USMC)[24] | |
2 | Two, bissotwo | TOO /ˈtuː/ | TOU [ˈtu] | too | too | BEES-SOH-TOO | BIS-SO-TOU | too | too | |
3 | Three, terrathree | TREE /ˈtriː/ | TRI [ˈtri] | tree | tree | TAY-RAH-TREE | TÉ-RA-TRI | thuh-ree | tree | |
4 | Four, kartefour | FOW-er /ˈfoʊ.ə/ | FO eur [ˈfo.ør] | FOW-er | fow-er | KAR-TAY-FOWER | KAR-TÉ-FO-EUR | fo-wer | fow-er | |
5 | Five, pantafive | FIFE /ˈfaɪf/ | FA ÏF [sic] [ˈfaif] | fife | fife | PAN-TAH-FIVE | PANN-TA-FAIF | fi-yiv | fife | |
6 | Six, soxisix | SIX /ˈsɪks/ | SIKS [ˈsiks] | six | six | SOK-SEE-SIX | SO-XI-SICKS | six | six | |
7 | Seven, setteseven | SEV-en /ˈsɛv(ə)n/ | SÈV n [ˈsɛv.n] | SEV-en | sev-en | SAY-TAY-SEVEN | SÉT-TÉ-SEV'N | seven | sev-en | |
8 | Eight, oktoeight | AIT /ˈeɪt/ | EÏT [ˈeit] | ait | ait | OK-TOH-AIT | OK-TO-EIT | ate | ait | |
9 | Nine, novenine[25] | NIN-er /ˈnaɪnə/ | NAÏ neu [ˈnainø] | NINE-er | nin-er | NO-VAY-NINER | NO-VÉ-NAI-NEU | niner | nin-er | |
0 | Zero, nadazero | ZE-RO[26] /ˈziːˈroʊ/ | ZI RO [ˈziˈro] | ZE-ro | ze-ro / zee-ro | NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH[27][28] | NA-DA-ZE-RO[27][28] | zero | ze-ro | |
00 | Hundred | HUN-dred /ˈhʌndrɛd/ | HUN-dred [ˈœ̃drɛd] | (zero zero) | (hundred) | hun-dred | ||||
000 | Thousand | TOU-SAND[26] /ˈtaʊˈzænd/ | TAOU ZEND[ˈtauˈzɑ̃d] | (zero zero zero) | (thousand) | thow-zand | tou-sand | |||
(decimal point) | Decimal, (FAA) point | DAY-SEE-MAL[26]/ˈdeɪˈsiːˈmæl/ | DÈ SI MAL [ˈdeˈsiˈmal] | (decimal) | (point) | DAY-SEE-MAL | DÉ-SI-MAL |