# Morse in Morse code

**Morse in Morse code is "-- --- .-. ... .". It is 5 characters made of 6 dots and 6 dashes, and takes about 2.6 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

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

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

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## What it means

Samuel Morse devised the original code in the 1830s, but the version used worldwide today is not his. American Morse used variable-length internal gaps that made it unsuitable for radio; the International Morse code, standardised in 1865 and now ITU-R M.1677-1, replaced it everywhere outside American landline telegraphy.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| M | `--` | dah-dah |
| O | `---` | dah-dah-dah |
| R | `.-.` | di-dah-dit |
| S | `...` | di-di-dit |
| E | `.` | dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Morse in Morse code?

Morse in Morse code is "-- --- .-. ... .". Samuel Morse devised the original code in the 1830s, but the version used worldwide today is not his. American Morse used variable-length internal gaps that made it unsuitable for radio; the International Morse code, standardised in 1865 and now ITU-R M.1677-1, replaced it everywhere outside American landline telegraphy.

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

At 20 words per minute, Morse takes about 2.6 seconds to send. That counts its 6 dots and 6 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.

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