Phonetic Alphabet

Below are the letters, words and pronunciation for the Radio Communications Phonetic Alphabet.

Using the Phonetic Alphabet helps convey information accurately over Radio Communications. When you are spelling out a name, location, code, registration number, postcode etc, over a noisy or faint radio or phone link, it is easy for letters and numbers to be misheard.

Using the phonetic alphabet to spell out names, locations and so on makes accurately understanding messages a lot easier, because many letters can be easily confused when heard over a crackly radio link (B, C, D, P, T and M, N and F, S, etc).



Letter Word Pronunciation
A Alpha al fah
B Bravo brah voh
C Charlie char lee
D Delta dell tah
E Echo eck ho
F Foxtrot foks trot
G Gold golf
H Hotel hoh tel
I India in dee a
J Juliet jew lee ett
K Kilo key lou
L Lima lee mah
M Mike mike
N November no vem ber
O Oscar oss cah
P Papa pah pah
Q Quebec Kah 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