Phonetic alphabet

The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, NATO spelling alphabet, ICAO phonetic alphabet or ICAO spelling alphabet, is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet.

Pronunciation Conflicts

Symbol	Code word	International Civil Aviation Organization 2008 in International Phonetic Alphabet	International Civil Aviation Organization 2008 respelling	International Telecommunication Union-R 2007 (WRC-07) respelling	International Maritime Organization English respelling (French)	Federal Aviation Administration respelling (with stress)	SIA(France aeronautical)	1957 U.S. Navy respelling	North Atlantic Treaty Organization & U.S. Army respelling
A	Alfa	ˈælfa	AL FAH		AL FAH (AL FAH)	ALFAH	al fah	AL fåh	AL fah
B	Bravo	ˈbraːˈvo	BRAH VOH		BRAH VOH (BRA VO)	BRAHVOH	bra vo	BRÄH VŌH	BRAH voh
C	Charlie	ˈtʃɑːli or ˈʃɑːli	CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE		CHAR LEE (or SHAR LEE) TCHAH LI (ou CHAR LI)	CHARLEE	tchah li, char li	CHÄR LĒĔ	CHAR lee
D	Delta	ˈdeltɑ	DELL TAH		DELL TAH (DEL TAH)	DELLTAH	del tah	DĔLL tåh	DEL tah
E	Echo	ˈeko	ECK OH		ECK OH (EK O)	ECKOH	èk o	ĔCK ōh	EKK oh
F	Foxtrot	ˈfɔkstrɔt	FOKS TROT		FOKS TROT FOX TROTT	FOKSTROT	fox trott	FŎKS trŏt	FOKS trot
G	Golf	ɡʌlf	GOLF		GOLF (GOLF)	GOLF	golf	GŎLF	Golf
H	Hotel	hoːˈtel	HO TELL	HOH TELL	HOH TELL (HO TÈLL)	HOHTELL	ho tèll	hōh TĔLL	HO tell
I	India	ˈindi.ɑ	IN DEE AH		IN DEE AH (IN DI AH)	INDEE AH	in di ah	ÏN dēē åh	IN dee ah
J	Juliett	ˈdʒuːli.ˈet	JEW LEE ETT		JEW LEE ETT (DJOU LI ÈTT)	JEWLEE ETT	djou li ètt	JEW lēē ĔTT	JEW lee ett
K	Kilo	ˈkiːlo	KEY LOH		KEY LOH (KI LO)	KEYLOH	ki lo	KĒY lōh	KEY loh
L	Lima	ˈliːmɑ	LEE MAH		LEE MAH (LI MAH)	LEEMAH	li mah	LĒĒ måh	LEE mah
M	Mike	mɑik	MIKE		MIKE (MA ÏK)	MIKE	maïk	MĪKE	Mike
N	November	noˈvembə	NO VEM BER		NO VEM BER (NO VÈMM BER)	NOVEMBER	no vèmm ber	nō VĔM bēr	NOH vem ber
O	Oscar	ˈɔskɑ	OSS CAH		OSS CAH (OSS KAR)	OSSCAH	oss kar	ŎSS cåh	OSS car
P	Papa	pəˈpɑ	PAH PAH		PAH PAH (PAH PAH)	PAHPAH	pah pah	påh PÄH	PAH pah
Q	Quebec	keˈbek	KEH BECK		KEH BECK (KÉ BÈK)	KEHBECK	ké bèk	kēh BĒCK	keh BECK
R	Romeo	ˈroːmi.o	ROW ME OH		ROW ME OH (RO MI O)	ROWME OH	ro mi o	ROW mē ōh	ROW me oh
S	Sierra	siˈerɑ	SEE AIR RAH		SEE AIR RAH (SI ÈR RAH)	SEEAIRAH	si èr rah	sēē ÄIRråh	see AIR ah
T	Tango	ˈtænɡo	TANG GO		TANG GO (TANG GO)	TANGGO	tang go	TĂNG gō	TANG go
U	Uniform	ˈjuːnifɔːm or ˈuːnifɔrm	YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM		YOU NEE FORM (or OO NEE FORM) YOU NI FORM (ou OU NI FORM)	YOUNEE FORM (or OO-NEE-FORM)	you ni form, ou ni form	YOU nēē fôrm YOU nee form
V	Victor	ˈviktɑ	VIK TAH		VIK TAH (VIK TAR)	VIKTAH	vik tar	VĬK tåh	VIK ter
W	Whiskey	ˈwiski	WISS KEY		WISS KEY (OUISS KI)	WISSKEY	ouiss ki	WĬSS kēy	WISS key
X	X-ray	ˈeksˈrei	ECKS RAY	ECKS RAY	ECKS RAY (ÈKSS RÉ)	ECKSRAY	ECKSRAY	èkss ré	ĔCKS rāy	EKS ray
Y	Yankee	ˈjænki	YANG KEY		YANG KEY (YANG KI)	YANGKEY	yang ki	YĂNG KĒY	YANG kee
Z	Zulu	ˈzuːluː	ZOO LOO		ZOO LOO (ZOU LOU)	ZOOLOO	zou lou	ZŌŌ lōō	ZOO luu
0	Zero, nadazero		ZE-RO	NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH (NA-DA-ZE-RO)	ZE-RO / ZEE-RO	zi ro	Zero	ZE-RO
1	One, unaone		WUN	OO-NAH-WUN	OO-NAH-WUN (OUNA-OUANN)	WUN	ouann	Wun	WUN Won (USMC)
2	Two, bissotwo		TOO	BEES-SOH-TOO	BEES-SOH-TOO (BIS-SO-TOU)	TOO	tou	Too	TOO
3	Three, terrathree		TREE	TAY-RAH-TREE	TAY-RAH-TREE (TÉ-RA-TRI)	TREE	tri	Thuh-ree	TREE
4	Four, kartefour		FOW-er	KAR-TAY-FOWER KAR-TAY-FOWER (KAR-TÉ-FO-EUR)	FOW-ER	fo eur	Fo-wer	FOW-ER
5	Five, pantafive		FIFE	PAN-TAH-FIVE	PAN-TAH-FIVE (PANN-TA-FAIF)	FIFE	FIFE	FIFE	fa ïf	Fi-yiv	FIFE
6	Six, soxisix		SIX	SOK-SEE-SIX	SOK-SEE-SIX (SO-XI-SICKS)	SIX	siks	Six	SIX
7	Seven, setteseven		SEV-en	SAY-TAY-SEVEN	SAY-TAY-SEVEN (SÉT-TÉ-SEV'N)	SEV-EN	sèv n	Seven	SEV-EN
8	Eight, oktoeight		AIT	OK-TOH-AIT	OK-TOH-AIT (OK-TO-EIT)	AIT	eït	Ate	AIT
9	Nine, novenine		NIN-er	NO-VAY-NINER NO-VAY-NINER (NO-VÉ-NAI-NEU)	NIN-ER	naï neu	Niner	NIN-ER
. (decimal point)	Decimal, (FAA) point	DAY-SEE-MAL		DAY-SEE-MAL (DÉ-SI-MAL)	(point)	dè si mal
00	Hundred		HUN-dred			(hundred)	hun-dred	Hun-dred
000	Thousand	TOU-SAND			(thousand)	taou zend	Thow-zand	TOU-SAND
. (full stop)	Stop			STOP	STOP (STOP)