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E in Morse code

Standard Morse code for E. Copy it, hear it, or practice with real examples.

1 signal (1 dot, 0 dashes)Dots are short • dashes are longLetters use spaces • words use “/”

Memory mnemonic

Say it aloud with the stresses shown. The phrase carries the same dit/dah rhythm as the Morse for E. Once the rhythm sticks the dots and dashes follow.

This is the widely-circulated Scout-meeting variant. Many teachers develop their own — the words don't matter, only that the chosen phrase carries the same dit/dah rhythm.

About E in Morse code

Pattern: .
Length: 1 Morse unit
Spoken as: Echo (ECK oh)
In English text: 12.7% of letters — the 1st most common
Sent backwards: reads the same both ways
Dots ↔ dashes: - is T

E takes 1 unit to send. No letter is shorter. Alfred Vail reportedly counted the type in a printer's case and gave the shortest codes to the letters used most, so frequency and length roughly track each other: E is the 1st most common letter and has the 1st-shortest code.

How long E takes to send

Speed	Unit length	E takes
5 WPM	240 ms	0.24 s
13 WPM	92 ms	0.09 s
20 WPM	60 ms	0.06 s
25 WPM	48 ms	0.05 s

Standard PARIS timing: one unit is 1200 ÷ WPM milliseconds; a dot is 1 unit, a dash 3, and the gap inside a character 1. Add 3 units between letters and 7 between words.

Easily confused with

These are one dot or dash away from E. Mishearing a single element — or clipping one off the end — turns E into one of them, so they are worth drilling side by side.