Pronunciation

Lette
Code word
r

US
Army[6]

ITU[7]

ICAO[8]

ICAO (IPA)

Consolidated transcription

Alfa (ICAO,
A

ITU, IMO, FAA)

Alpha (ANSI,
FAA)

AL fah

AL FAH

ALFAH

lf

/lf/ AL-fah

Bravo

BRAH
voh

BRAH VOH

BRAHVOH

brvo

/brvo/ BRAH-voh or /br

vo/ BRAH-VOH

Charlie

CHAR
lee

CHAR LEE or
CHARLEE
SHAR LEE

tli or
li

/trli/ CHAR-lee or /tli/ C

HAH-lee
/rli/ SHAR-lee or /li/ SH
AH-lee

Delta

DEL
tah

DELL TAH

DELLTAH

delt

/dlt/ DEL-tah

Echo

EKK oh ECK OH

ECKOH

eko

/ko/ EK-oh

Foxtrot

FOKS
trot

FOKS TROT

FOKSTROT fkstrt

Golf

Golf

GOLF

GOLF

lf [sic]

/lf/ GAWLF or /lf/ GULF

Hotel

HO tell HOH TELL

HOHTELL

hotel

/hotl/ hoh-TEL or /hotl/

HOH-tel

India

IN dee
ah

IN DEE AH

INDEE AH

indi

/ndi/ IN-dee-ah

JEW
lee ett

JEW LEE ETT

JEWLEE
ETT

duliet

/dulit/ JEW-lee-et or /
dulit/ JEW-lee-ET

Juliett (ICAO,

/fkstrt/ FAWKS-trawt

ITU, IMO, FAA)

Juliet (ANSI,
FAA)

Kilo

KEY
loh

KEY LOH

KEYLOH

kilo

/kilo/ KEE-loh

Lima

LEE

LEE MAH

LEEMAH

lim

/lim/ LEE-mah

mah

MIKE

/mak/ MYK

Mike

Mike

November

NOH
NO VEM BER NOVEMBER novemb
vem ber

Oscar

OSS car OSS CAH

OSSCAH

sk

/sk/ AWS-kah or /skr/

AWS-kar

Papa

PAH
pah

PAH PAH

PAHPAH

pp

/pp/ pah-PAH or /pp/

p-PAH or /pp/ PAH-pah

Quebec

keh
BECK

KEH BECK

KEHBECK

kebek

/kbk/ ke-BEK

Romeo

ROW
me oh

ROW ME OH ROWME OH romio

Sierra

see AIR
SEE AIR RAH SEEAIRAH
ah

sier

/sir/ see-ERR-ah

Tango

TANG
go

TANG GO

TANGGO

tno [sic]

/to/ TANG-goh or /
tn.o/ TAN-goh

Uniform

YOU
nee
form

YOU NEE
FORM or
OO NEE
FORM

YOUNEE
FORM

junifm o /junifrm/ EW-nee-form or /

junifm/ EW-nee-fawm or /
r
unifrm
unifrm/ OO-nee-form

Victor

VIK ter VIK TAH

VIKTAH

vikt

/vkt/ VIK-tah or /vktr/ VI

K-tr

Whiskey

WISS
key

WISSKEY

wiski

/wski/ WIS-kee

WISS KEY

MIKE

mik

/novmb/ noh-VEM-b or /
novmbr/ NOH-vem-br[9]

/romio/ ROH-mee-oh

ECKS RAY

ECKSRAY
[sic]

eksrei

/ksre/ EKS-ray or /ksre/

EKS-RAY

YANG
kee

YANG KEY

YANGKEY
[sic]

jnki [sic]

/jki/ YANG-kee or /
jn.ki/ YAN-kee

ZOO
loo

ZOO LOO

ZOOLOO

zulu

/zulu/ ZOO-loo

X-ray or Xr EKS
ay
ray

Yankee

Zulu

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Digit

Code word

Pronunciation

Wikipedia transcription

ZE-RO (ICAO), ZE RO or ZEEZero (FAA)

RO (FAA)
Nadazero (ITU, IMO)
NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH (ITU, IMO)

/ziro/ ZEE-roh[10]
/ndzero/ NAH-DAH-ZAY-

One (FAA)
Unaone (ITU, IMO)

/wn/ WUN
/unwn/ OO-NAH-WUN

Two (FAA)
TOO (ICAO, FAA)
Bissotwo (ITU, IMO) BEES-SOH-TOO (ITU, IMO)

/tu/ TOO
/bisotu/ BEE-SOH-TOO

Three (FAA)
TREE (ICAO, FAA)
Terrathree (ITU, IMO) TAY-RAH-TREE (ITU, IMO)

/tri/ TREE
/tertri/ TAY-RAH-TREE

Four (FAA)
FOW-ER (ICAO), FOW ER (FAA)
Kartefour (ITU, IMO) KAR-TAY-FOWER (ITU, IMO)

/fo.r/ FOH-r
/krtefo.r/ KAR-TAY-FOH-r

Five (FAA)
FIFE (ICAO, FAA)
Pantafive (ITU, IMO) PAN-TAH-FIVE (ITU, IMO)

/faf/ FYF
/pntfav/ PAN-TAY-FYV

Six (FAA)
Soxisix (ITU, IMO)

SIX (ICAO, FAA)

SOK-SEE-SIX (ITU, IMO)

/sks/ SIKS
/sksisks/ SAWK-SEE-SIKS

Seven (FAA)
Setteseven (ITU,

SEV-EN (ICAO), SEV EN (FAA)

SAY-TAY-SEVEN (ITU, IMO)

/svn/ SEV-en

WUN (ICAO, FAA)

OO-NAH-WUN (ITU, IMO)

ROH

IMO)

/setesvn/ SAY-TAY-SEV-en

Eight (FAA)
AIT (ICAO, FAA)
Oktoeight (ITU, IMO) OK-TOH-AIT (ITU, IMO)

/et/ AYT
/ktoet/ AWK-TOH-AYT

Nine (FAA)
NIN-ER (ICAO), NIN ER (FAA)
Nine or niner (ICAO)
NO-VAY-NINER (ITU, IMO)
Novenine (ITU, IMO)

/nanr/ NY-nr[11]
/nvenanr/ NAW-VAY-NYnr

100

Hundred

HUN dred [citation needed]

/hndrd/ HUN-dred

1000

Thousand

TOU SAND [citation needed]

/tasnd/ TOW-sand (??)

. (decimal
point)

Decimal (ITU)

DAY-SEE-MAL (ITU)

/desiml/ DAY-SEE-MAL

. (full stop)

Stop (ITU)

STOP (ITU)

/stp/ STAWP

Military alphabets before 1956

Royal Navy

Western Front slang

RAF phonetic alphabet

U.S. phonetic

or "signalese"

19141918 (WWI)

Apples
Butter
Charlie
Duff
Edward
Freddy
George
Harry
Ink
Johnnie
King
London
Monkey
Nuts
Orange
Pudding
Queenie
Robert
Sugar
Tommy
Uncle
Vinegar
Willie
Xerxes
Yellow
Zebra

Ack
Beer
Charlie
Don
Edward
Freddie
Gee
Harry
Ink
Johnnie
King
London
Emma
Nuts
Oranges
Pip
Queen
Robert
Esses
Toc
Uncle
Vic
William
X-ray
Yorker
Zebra

alphabet

19241942

19431956

19411956

Ace
Beer
Charlie
Don
Edward
Freddie
George
Harry
Ink
Johnnie
King
London
Monkey
Nuts
Orange
Pip
Queen
Robert
Sugar
Toc
Uncle
Vic
William
X-ray
Yorker
Zebra

Able/Affirm
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item/Interrogatory
Jig/Johnny
King
Love
Mike
Nab/Negat
Oboe
Peter/Prep
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra

Able
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item
Jig
King
Love
Mike
Nan
Oboe
Peter
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra