Military Alphabet Letters A–Z: Every Code Word Explained

Looking up a single letter is the most common military-alphabet question there is — what's K, what's M, how do you say the U word. Each page below answers one letter completely: the NATO code word and its official pronunciation (with audio), what the same letter is in seven other spelling alphabets, what it was in the WWII Able Baker alphabet, and how the word is actually used on the radio.

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Letter	Code word	Spoken as	Letter	Code word	Spoken as
A	Alpha	AL-fah	N	November	no-VEM-ber
B	Bravo	BRAH-voh	O	Oscar	OSS-cah
C	Charlie	CHAR-lee	P	Papa	pah-PAH
D	Delta	DELL-tah	Q	Quebec	keh-BECK
E	Echo	ECK-oh	R	Romeo	ROW-me-oh
F	Foxtrot	FOKS-trot	S	Sierra	see-AIR-rah
G	Golf	GOLF	T	Tango	TANG-go
H	Hotel	hoh-TELL	U	Uniform	YOU-nee-form
I	India	IN-dee-ah	V	Victor	VIK-tah
J	Juliett	JEW-lee-ETT	W	Whiskey	WISS-key
K	Kilo	KEY-loh	X	X-ray	ECKS-ray
L	Lima	LEE-mah	Y	Yankee	YANG-key
M	Mike	MIKE	Z	Zulu	ZOO-loo

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For the whole alphabet at a glance, print the A–Z chart or read the full military alphabet guide. To spell entire words and names instantly, the translator does it in real time — and the games make the letters stick.

Military Alphabet Letters, A to Z

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