Clear Line Prints · Shop on Zazzle · Shop on TeePublic · Shop on Threadless · Pinterest · YouTube
Home › Chart guides › NATO Phonetic Alphabet Chart
The NATO phonetic alphabet, properly the ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet, gives every letter a code word that is hard to mishear over a radio or a bad phone line. Here are all twenty-six code words and the ten numbers, with the pronunciation and the stressed syllables in capitals.
This chart is on its way to our print shops. Our posters are listed on Zazzle, TeePublic and Threadless (links at the top of this page); browse the kitchen and classroom charts to see the ones already available.
The ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet, with pronunciation; stressed syllables in capitals.
| Letter | Code word | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | X-ray | ECKS-ray |
| Y | Yankee | YANG-key |
| Z | Zulu | ZOO-loo |
To spell CAT, say: “Charlie Alfa Tango”
| Digit | Word | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Zero | ZE-RO |
| 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 |
Alfa and Juliett are the official spellings, chosen so that speakers of other languages say them correctly.
Pronunciations follow ICAO Annex 10; in practice Charlie is also said SHAR-lee and Uniform OO-nee-form.