Spell out letters using a phonetic alphabet

A phonetic alphabet or spelling alphabet is a set of words used to spell out letters in oral communication.

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Phonetic alphabet list

International NATO phonetic alphabet

The spelling alphabet used from March 1956 by NATO allies was formally adopted a few years later by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) making it the established universal phonetic alphabet governing all military, civilian, and amateur radio communications.

NATO phonetic alphabet (A-Z): Alfa/Alpha, 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

German phonetic alphabet

The German spelling alphabet is standardized by DIN 5009 which has been updated as recently as June 2022. It replaces a lot of common German first names from the previous revision by the names of cities.

2022 German spelling alphabet (A-Z): Aachen, Berlin, Chemnitz, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Goslar, Hamburg, Ingelheim, Jena, Köln, Leipzig, München, Nürnberg, Offenbach, Potsdam, Quickborn, Rostock, Salzwedel, Tübingen, Unna, Völklingen, Wuppertal, Xanten, Ypsilon, Zwickau

1996 German spelling alphabet (A-Z): Anton, Ärger (Ä), Berta, Cäsar, Charlotte (Ch), Dora, Emil, Friedrich, Gustav, Heinrich, Ida, Julius, Kaufmann, Ludwig, Martha, Nordpol, Otto, Ökonom (Ö), Paula, Quelle, Richard, Siegfried, Schule (Sch), Eszett (ß), Theodor, Ulrich, Übermut (Ü), Viktor, Wilhelm, Xanthippe, Ypsilon, Zacharias

More supported alphabets

In addition to the ones mentioned above the following spelling alphabets can be used in your ciphereditor workflow: Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

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