NATO phonetic alphabet to text
Paste a spelling you heard or noted from a call and get the letters and digits it stands for.
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How to use it
- Enter code words.
- The result appears straight away and updates as you edit.
- Copy the result, or copy a link that keeps the same values to share it.
How it is calculated
Each word is matched, ignoring case and hyphens, against the ICAO/NATO alphabet and the digit words, and / becomes a space between words.
Example
Result: Text: HELLO 12; Words recognised: 7; Words not recognised: None.
Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar / One Two
HELLO 12
Limits and caveats
- An unknown word shows as ? in its place, so check the spelling if it was a real code word typed wrongly.
- Local or older spelling alphabets such as Able and Baker are not recognised.
Questions about this tool
Does it accept Alpha instead of Alfa?
Yes, and Juliet, Whisky, X-ray or Xray too, plus spoken digit forms such as Tree, Fife and Niner.
How do I put a space in the result?
Put / between two groups of code words and it becomes a space.
Does case matter?
No. Case, hyphens and commas between words are ignored.