This is a list of international and localised phonetic alphabet words, commonly used by police, military and aviation authorities.
| Letter | NATO & international aviation |
International (ex-aero) |
International | American (ex-military) |
American (police) |
English | German | Italian |
| A | Alpha | Alpha | Amsterdam | Abel | Adam | Andrew | Anton | Ancona |
| Ä | Ärger | |||||||
| B | Bravo | Bravo | Baltimore | Baker | Boy | Benjamin | Berta | Bologna |
| C | Charlie | Coca | Casablanca | Charlie | Charlie | Charlie | Cäsar | Como |
| Ch | Charlotte | |||||||
| D | Delta | Delta | Denmark | Dog | David | David | Dora | Domodossola |
| E | Echo | Echo | Edison | Easy | Edward | Edward | Emil | Empoli |
| É | ||||||||
| F | Foxtrot | Foxtrot | Florida | Fox | Frank | Frederick | Friedrich | Firenze |
| G | Golf | Golf | Gallipoli | George | George | George | Gustav | Genova |
| H | Hotel | Hotel | Havana | How | Henry | Harry | Heinrich | Hotel |
| I | India | India | Italy | Item | Ida | Isaac | Ida | Imola |
| J | Juliet | Juliet | Jerusalem | Jig | John | Jack | Julius | I lunga |
| K | Kilo | Kilo | Kilogram | King | King | King | Kaufmann | Kursaal |
| L | Lima | Lima | Liverpool | Love | Lincoln | Lucy | Ludwig | Livorno |
| M | Mike | Metro | Madagascar | Mike | Mary | Mary | Martha | Milano |
| N | November | Nectar | New York | Nan | Nora | Nelli | Nordpol | Napoli |
| Ñ | ||||||||
| O | Oscar | Oscar | Oslo | Oboe | Ocean | Oliver | Otto | Otranto |
| Ö | Ökkonom | |||||||
| P | Papa | Papa | Paris | Peter | Paul | Peter | Paula | Padova |
| Q | Quebec | Quebec | Quebec | Queen | Queen | Queenie | Quelle | Quarto |
| R | Romeo | Romeo | Roma | Roger | Robert | Robert | Richard | Roma |
| S | Sierra | Siera | Santiago | Sugar | Sam | Sugar | Samuel | Savona |
| Sch | Schule | |||||||
| T | Tango | Tango | Tripoli | Tare | Tom | Tommy | Theodor | Torino |
| U | Uniform | Union | Uppsala | Uncle | Union | Uncle | Ulrich | Udine |
| Ü | Übermut | |||||||
| V | Victor | Victor | Valencia | Victor | Victor | Victor | Viktor | Venezia |
| W | Whisky | Whisky | Washington | William | William | William | Wilhelm | Washington |
| X | X-ray | Extra | Xanthippe | X (eks) | X-ray | Xmas | Xanthippe | Ics |
| Y | Yankee | Yankee | Yokohama | Yoke | Young | Yellow | Ypsilon | York |
| Z | Zulu | Zulu | Zürich | Zebra | Zebra | Zebra | Zeppelin | Zara |