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NATO Alphabet to Text

Turn Alfa Bravo Charlie back into the letters they stand for.

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NATO Alphabet to Text turns phonetic words back into the letters they stand for, and is forgiving about spelling — Alpha for Alfa, Juliet for Juliett, and the common American police alphabet all decode, because that is how people actually write them down.

What it does
Decodes phonetic alphabet words into letters
You give it
Phonetic words separated any way
You get back
The letters they spell, with unknowns listed
Best for
Writing down a code read to you over the phone
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About the NATO Alphabet to Text

When someone reads a reference to you phonetically and you have written down the words rather than the letters, this turns them back. It is also how you check a transcript of a radio call, or work through a puzzle that has been written out phonetically.

The decoder is forgiving, because people rarely use the official spellings. Alpha for Alfa and Juliet for Juliett are both accepted, as are the aviation number words — tree for three, fower for four, niner for nine — and several common alternative alphabets, so Adam Boy Charles from American police usage decodes as well. Words it does not recognise are reported with their position rather than being dropped.

Key features of the NATO Alphabet to Text

Forgiving spellings

Alpha and Alfa both decode to A, since almost nobody writes the official spelling.

Number words and figures

Tree, three and 3 all give the same result, so a mixed transcript decodes cleanly.

Other alphabets recognised

Adam, Boy and Charles from American police usage decode alongside the NATO words.

Any separator

Spaces, commas, hyphens and line breaks all work, however the words were written down.

Unknown words located

Anything unrecognised is listed with its position so you can see where the transcript went wrong.

How to use the NATO Alphabet to Text

  1. 1

    Paste the phonetic words

    Separated by spaces, commas, hyphens or line breaks.

  2. 2

    Read the letters

    Each recognised word becomes its letter, joined into the original code.

  3. 3

    Check the unrecognised words

    Anything the decoder does not know is listed with its position so you can correct it.

  4. 4

    Copy the result

    The decoded reference or code is ready to paste wherever it needs to go.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Both spellings decode to A, along with Juliet and Juliett for J. The official spellings are deliberately unusual and almost nobody writes them that way, so the decoder accepts both.

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