These are not phonetic alphavets as in those used to guide pronounciation, rather they are a selection of Alphavets used, particularly by radio operators, to spell out words. Brian Kelk has the most comprehensive list available and many of the alphabets listed here come from his collection.

Phonetic Alphabets of the World

Letter

NATO &
International
Aviation

British
Forces1952

RAF 1942-43

Telecom B

British A or
International

NY Police

French

German

Italian

Spanish

A

Alfa

Abel

Apple

Alfred

Amsterdam

Adam

Anatole

Anton

Ancona

Antonio

Ä








Ärger



B

Bravo

Baker

Beer

Benjamin

Baltimore

Boy

Berthe

Berta

Bologna

Barcelona

C

Charlie

Charlie

Charlie

Charles

Casablanca

Charlie

Celestin

Casar

Como

Carmen

Ch








Charlotte



D

Delta

Dog

Dog

David

Denmark

David

Désiré

Dora

Domodossola

Dolores

E

Echo

Easy

Edward

Edward

Edison

Edward

Eugene

Emil

Empoli

뚜갸ꕨ

É








Émile



F

Foxtrot

Fox

Freddy

Frederick

Florida

Frank

Francois

Friedrich

Firenze

Francia

G

Golf

George

George

George

Gallipoli

George

Gaston

Gustav

Genova

Gerona

H

Hotel

How

Harry

Harry

Havana

Henry

Henri

Heinrich

Hotel

Historia

I

India

Item

In

Isaac

Italia

Ida

Irma

Ida

Imola

Ines

J

Juliet

Jig

Jug/Johnny

Jack

Jerusalem

John

Joseph

Julius

I Iunga

Jose

K

Kilo

King

King

King

Kilogram

King

Kleber

Kaufmann

Kursaal

Kilo

L

Lima

Love

Love

London

Liverpool

Lincoln

Louis

Ludwig

Livorno

Lorenzo

LI










Llobregat

M

Mike

Mike

Mother

Mary

Madagascar

Mary

Marcel

Martha

Milano

Madrid

N

November

Nan

Nuts

Nellie

New york

Nora

Nicolas

Nordpol

Napoli

Navarra

Ñ










Ñono

O

Oscar

Oboe

Orange

Oliver

Oslo

Ocean

Oscar

Otto

Otranto

Oviedo

Ö








Ökonom



P

Papa

Peter

Peter

Peter

Paris

Peter

Pierre

Paula

Padova

Paris

Q

Quebec

Queen

Queen

Queen

Quebec

Queen

Quintal

Quelle

Quarto

Querido

R

Romeo

Roger

Roger/Robert

Robert

Roma

Robert

Raoul

Richard

Roma

Ramon

S

Sierra

Sugar

Suga

Samuel

Santiago

Sam

Suzanne

Samuel

Savona

Sabado

Sch








Schule



T

Tango

Tare

Tommy

Tommy

Tripoli

Tom

Therese

Theodor

Torino

Tarragona

U

Uniform

Uncle

Uncle

Uncle

Uppsala

Union

Ursule

Ulrich

Udine

Ulises

Ü








Übermut



V

Victor

Victor

Vic

Victor

Valencia

Victor

Victor

Viktor

Venezia

Valencia

W

Whisky

William

William

William

Washington

William

William

Wilhelm

Washington

Washington

X

X-ray

X-ray

X-ray

X-ray

Xantippe

X-ray

Xavier

Xanthippe

Ics

Xiquena

Y

Yankee

Yoke

Yoke/Yorker

Yellow

Yokohama

Young

Yvonne

Ypsilon

York

Yegua

Z

Zulu

Zebra

Zebra

Zebra

Zürich

Zebra

Zoé

Zeppelin

Zara

Zaragoza

Letter

NATO &
International
Aviation

British
Forces1952

RAF 1942-43

Telecom B

British A or
International

NY Police

French

German

Italian

Spanish