# Help in Morse code

**Help in Morse code is ".... . .-.. .--.". It is 4 characters made of 10 dots and 3 dashes, and takes about 2.2 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

*By Can Türk (https://iamcanturk.dev), MorseForge.*

*Source: https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/help/*

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## What it means

HELP is a plain English word, not a distress signal, and no maritime or aviation convention recognises it. If you need to be understood as being in danger, send SOS — it is the internationally agreed signal and it is far shorter to key.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| H | `....` | di-di-di-dit |
| E | `.` | dit |
| L | `.-..` | di-dah-di-dit |
| P | `.--.` | di-dah-dah-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Help in Morse code?

Help in Morse code is ".... . .-.. .--.". HELP is a plain English word, not a distress signal, and no maritime or aviation convention recognises it. If you need to be understood as being in danger, send SOS — it is the internationally agreed signal and it is far shorter to key.

### How long does it take to send Help in Morse code?

At 20 words per minute, Help takes about 2.2 seconds to send. That counts its 10 dots and 3 dashes plus the silences between them, timed by the PARIS standard, in which one unit, the length of a dot, is 60 milliseconds at that speed.

## Related words: Emergency

- [SOS](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/sos/)
- [Mayday](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/mayday/)

## More

- [Every word in Morse code](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/)
- [The Morse code alphabet](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/morse-code-alphabet/)
- [Translate your own text](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/morse-code-translator/)