Last updated: May 2026
HELLO is the most famous first word ever transmitted electrically — Alexander Graham Bell said it into the first telephone. In Morse code, HELLO is a classic beginner phrase: five letters, all common, and easy to recognise by ear once you know the rhythm.
Click any letter below to hear it played individually:
Memory tip: H is four quick dots (····), E is a single dot (·) — together HE sounds like a rapid machine-gun burst. Then L (·-··) has a distinctive long-short-short rhythm, making HELLO instantly recognisable once you've heard it a few times.
HELLO is one of the best words for Morse beginners because it contains five different letters that appear constantly in English text. Master H, E, L, and O and you've covered a significant chunk of everyday words.
Hello is five letters — H E L L O. Each plays separately with a short gap between them:
Full sequence: .... . .-.. .-.. --- — 17 signals across 5 letters.
Hi in Morse code is .... .. — just 6 signals (H and I). Hello takes 17. Hi is faster and easier to decode by ear. Hello is better practice and more formal.
Four quick taps (H), one quick tap (E), pause, dot-dash-dot-dot (L), pause, dot-dash-dot-dot (L), pause, three long taps (O). Pauses between letters are longer than gaps within a letter.