How long does it take to send Love in Morse code?

At 20 words per minute, Love takes about 2.3 seconds to send. That counts its 7 dots and 5 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.

Words in Morse · Feelings

Love in Morse code

Love in Morse code is ·−·· −−− ···− ·. It is 4 characters made of 7 dots and 5 dashes, and takes about 2.3 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.

Feelings

Message: LOVE
In Morse code: .-.. --- ...- .
Characters: 4
Dots: 7
Dashes: 5
At 20 WPM: 2.3s

Love · Feelings

dot dash dot dot break dash dash dash break dot dot dot dash break dot

~2.3s

Speed20 WPM

Why Love is worth knowing

One of the most common Morse tattoos and engravings. Worth knowing before it goes on skin: Morse has no case and no punctuation unless you add it, so the written form is identical whether the original was LOVE or love, and there is no way to encode the difference.

Love letter by letter

Each key is one character, sent with a short silence between them. Open any key to hear it on its own.

You can send Love yourself by day 5 of the seven-day plan: that is when the last of its letters is taught.

Send it on the key Translate your own text See the Morse code tree

Common questions

What is Love in Morse code?: Love in Morse code is ".-.. --- ...- .". One of the most common Morse tattoos and engravings. Worth knowing before it goes on skin: Morse has no case and no punctuation unless you add it, so the written form is identical whether the original was LOVE or love, and there is no way to encode the difference.
How long does it take to send Love in Morse code?: At 20 words per minute, Love takes about 2.3 seconds to send. That counts its 7 dots and 5 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.