Free Morse Code Translator — Encode & Decode

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How to use Morse Code Encoder Decoder

Type or paste text in the input to get Morse code out, letter by letter.
Or paste Morse — dots, dashes, spaces between letters and / between words — to translate it back to text.
Check the chart above if you are decoding by hand and need a single letter.
Copy the result when you are done.

What is Morse Code Encoder Decoder?

Translate Morse code both ways. Type English and get Morse; paste dots and dashes and get English back. The conversion happens as you type.

Morse encodes each letter as a sequence of short signals (dots, written .) and long ones (dashes, written -). The timing rules are what make it readable:

A dash lasts three times as long as a dot.
Signals inside one letter are separated by one dot of silence.
Letters are separated by three dots of silence (written as a space).
Words are separated by seven dots of silence (written as /).

About the Morse Code Encoder Decoder

The letters worth memorising: E is a single dot and T a single dash — Samuel Morse assigned the shortest codes to the most frequent English letters, which is why the system is fast to send. SOS is ... --- ..., chosen in 1905 not as an abbreviation of anything but because the pattern is unmistakable even through interference.

Full reference: 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 follow a clean pattern: 1 is .---- and each subsequent digit converts one more dot, until 0 is -----.

Still in use: amateur radio operators use Morse (CW) because a narrow continuous-wave signal punches through noise at power levels where voice is unintelligible. Aviation navigation beacons still identify themselves in Morse. And because it needs only one channel that can be switched on and off, it works with a flashlight, a mirror, a car horn or a finger tapping on a table.

Speed is measured in words per minute using "PARIS" as the standard word — it contains exactly 50 dot-units. Licence exams historically required 5 wpm; skilled operators work at 20 to 40.

Frequently Asked Questions

Type your text in the input above. Each letter is converted as you type, with spaces between letters and a forward slash between words.

... --- ... — three dots, three dashes, three dots. It was chosen in 1905 because the pattern is unmistakable through interference, not because it stands for "Save Our Souls", which came later.

Exactly three times as long. Silence between signals in a letter is one dot long, between letters three dots, and between words seven dots.

Because they are the most common letters in English. Morse assigned the shortest codes to the most frequent letters so that ordinary messages take less time to send — E is one dot, T is one dash.

In words per minute, using "PARIS" as the standard word because it is exactly 50 dot-units long. Beginners work at around 5 wpm; experienced radio operators reach 20 to 40.

Yes. Amateur radio operators use it because a narrow signal carries through noise that would make voice unintelligible, and aviation navigation beacons still identify themselves in Morse.

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