I Miss You in Morse Code
The Morse code for "I miss you" is .. / -- .. ... ... / -.-- --- ..-, three words separated by two slashes.
.. / -- .. ... ... / -.-- --- ..-
3 words, 13 dots and 9 dashes.
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Ready when you are.
Make it yours
I miss you
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Introduction
The Morse code for I miss you is 22 signals across three short words: I, MISS, YOU. Sent at 10 WPM it lasts about 10 seconds, short enough for a voice note or a flash on a video call. MISS is nearly all dots and YOU is mostly dashes, so the message moves from quick to slow.
Letter by letter
Three ways to send it across a distance
| Method | How to send | Works when |
|---|---|---|
| Sound clip | Press WAV, attach the file to a text | They can listen later, any time zone |
| Light | Press Flash during a video call, screen facing the camera | You are both on the call |
| Tap | Learn the rhythm on the Morse code tapper, then tap it on the mic or table | You want something quiet and private |
The sound clip is the most reliable of the three. Video calls compress light and audio, so a flash or tap can lose its shortest gaps.
Tapping it so they can follow
Some long-distance couples invent their own short-and-long touch codes. Standard Morse does the same job with a code anyone can look up.
- Tap I: two quick taps.
- Pause for about seven dot lengths (under a second at this speed), more than twice the pause between letters; that pause is the word gap.
- Tap MISS: two long, then two quick, then three quick, then three quick, with a short pause between each letter.
- Pause again, then tap YOU: long-short-long-long, long-long-long, short-short-long.
- Repeat once. A second pass lets them catch the letters they missed.
Keep a dot at about 0.12 seconds, the length at 10 WPM. Faster than that and SS runs into a blur of six taps.
The two S's sit back to back, and each is three dots. If the letter gap between them shrinks, a listener hears six dots, which is not a letter. Leave a clear pause after the first S.
Reading their reply
A reply often comes back as "me too": -- . / - --- ---, ten signals and under 6 seconds at 10 WPM. "I miss you too" adds TOO and runs 29 signals.
Some replies use radio shorthand instead. Amateur abbreviation lists give 88 as "love and kisses," sent as ---.. ---.. (8 8). Paste anything you receive into the Morse code decoder, or run a recording through the audio translator.
Related phrases
Questions people ask
How long is I miss you in Morse code?
It is 22 signals, 13 dots and 9 dashes, across 8 letters. At 10 WPM it takes about 10 seconds; at 20 WPM, about 5 seconds.
Is there a Morse shortcut for I miss you?
No standard one. The radio abbreviation lists checked have no entry for it; the closest affectionate shorthand is 88, "love and kisses."
What is "miss you" without the I?
It is -- .. ... ... / -.-- --- ..- , 20 signals and about 8.8 seconds at 10 WPM.
Can I wear I miss you as a bracelet?
Yes. It takes 29 pieces: 13 dot beads, 9 long dash beads, 5 spacers and 2 rings. Preview it with the Morse code bracelet tool.
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