The Morse code alphabet
Every letter, number and common punctuation mark in International Morse code, written as dots (·) and dashes (−). Use the translator below the chart to hear any of them or decode your own.
Letters A–Z
- A·−
- B−···
- C−·−·
- D−··
- E·
- F··−·
- G−−·
- H····
- I··
- J·−−−
- K−·−
- L·−··
- M−−
- N−·
- O−−−
- P·−−·
- Q−−·−
- R·−·
- S···
- T−
- U··−
- V···−
- W·−−
- X−··−
- Y−·−−
- Z−−··
Numbers 0–9
- 0−−−−−
- 1·−−−−
- 2··−−−
- 3···−−
- 4····−
- 5·····
- 6−····
- 7−−···
- 8−−−··
- 9−−−−·
Punctuation
- .·−·−·−
- ,−−··−−
- ?··−−··
- '·−−−−·
- !−·−·−−
- /−··−·
- (−·−−·
- )−·−−·−
- &·−···
- :−−−···
- ;−·−·−·
- =−···−
- +·−·−·
- -−····−
- _··−−·−
- "·−··−·
- $···−··−
- @·−−·−·
Try it — type, hear and decode
Type a word to see it in Morse and play it as tone, or switch tabs to decode a picture or a recording.
Reading the chart
Each character maps to a short sequence of dots and dashes. A dot is one unit of time; a dash is three. Inside a letter the elements are one unit apart; between letters the gap is three units, and between words seven. That timing is what a Morse audio translator measures when it decodes a recording, and what the image translator measures across the marks in a picture.
The quickest way to learn the Morse code alphabet is by ear. Type a letter above and press play: hearing “di-dah” for A and “dah-di-di-dit” for B fixes the rhythm far better than memorising rows of dots. When you are ready for whole messages, read up on the timing rules or what Morse code is and where it is used.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Morse code alphabet?
It is the set of dot-and-dash patterns for each letter, number and punctuation mark in International Morse Code. For example, A is dot-dash, B is dash-dot-dot-dot, and 5 is five dots.
How do I memorise the Morse alphabet?
Start with the shortest, most common letters (E is one dot, T is one dash) and learn by sound and rhythm rather than by sight. Playing each letter as tone — which the translator below does — builds the muscle memory much faster than reading the chart.
Which letters are easiest?
The single-element letters E (·) and T (–), then two-element letters like I (··), A (·–), N (–·) and M (––). The chart below is ordered A–Z so you can find any of them quickly.