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Ever had trouble spelling something like your email address to someone? Learn the most widely used spelling alphabet!

The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential. The paramount reason is to ensure intelligibility of voice signals over telephone and radio links. Primarily designed for military, aviation and maritime industries, it is also very useful in retail and information technology industries to transmit boarding pass, coupons, serial numbers, model numbers, references, tickets, confirmation codes, postal codes, credit agreements, URLs, email addresses, and names.

Spell any text using the complete NATO phonetic alphabet (also called ICAO phonetic alphabet or ITU phonetic alphabet), including letters and digits, with pronunciation in English as prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and FAA.

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Spelling Alphabet

Spelling Alphabet with pronunciation in English. The syllable in bold of each letter word should be emphasized.

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
Xray
ECKS RAY
Y
Yankee
YANG KEY
Z
Zulu
ZOO LOO
1
One
WUN
2
Two
TOO
3
Three
TREE
4
Four
FOW ER
5
Five
FIFE
6
Six
SIX
7
Seven
SEV EN
8
Eight
AIT
9
Nine
NIN ER
0
Zero
ZE RO

Examples

How to spell an email address? Try with: john@contoso.com

How to spell my postal code? Try with: H2S 3J9

How to spell by ticket or boarding pass? Try with: AUFPJM …or my flight number? Try with: AC 1234