NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Avoid confusion when spelling words and names on the phone!

•• Just type a word and it will be spelled automatically with code words: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta... ••

Enter "Chloe" and read the corresponding code words: Charlie-Hotel-Lima-Oscar-Echo

HIGHLIGHTS:
• Several radio alphabets available: NATO (English), Austrian, French, German, Italian, Russian
• Easily spell out hard-to-spell names and places
• Voice output (for the NATO alphabet)
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• No network connection required

ALPHABETS:
• The NATO Phonetic Alphabet (also called ICAO or ITU) is the most widely used phonetic alphabet/spelling alphabet in the world.
• Austrian
• French
• German
• Italian
• Russian

WHAT IS A PHONETIC ALPHABET?
• A spelling alphabet, voice procedure alphabet, radio alphabet, or telephone alphabet is a set of words used to stand for the letters of an alphabet in oral communication.
• Each word in the spelling alphabet typically replaces the name of the letter with which it starts.
• It is used to spell out words when speaking to someone not able to see the speaker, or when the audio channel is not clear.

NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET:
The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: 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.

Use the official word spelling system used in aviation and other NATO military forces during radio communication!