Number to Words Converter

Numbers in words, done properly

Writing amounts in words is a legal and practical habit on cheques, invoices, contracts and receipts, because words are harder to alter than digits. This converter produces clean wording in both major systems.

Convert a plain number

Choose Plain number, type a value and select the number system. International gives "one million two hundred thirty-four thousand", while the Indian system gives "twelve lakh thirty-four thousand". Commas and spaces in your input are ignored. A negative sign adds "minus", and decimals are read digit by digit. For whole numbers you also see the ordinal form, for example "twenty-first".

Write a cheque amount

Switch to Currency (cheque) and pick the currency. Rupee amounts default to the Indian system and the others to international, and you can override this. The result names the major and minor units correctly: rupees and paise, dollars and cents, pounds and pence, and so on. Singular forms are used for exactly one unit.

Style options

• Letter case: Title Case is traditional on cheques, but sentence, lower and upper case are available.
• Cheque style places the currency name first and ends with "only". Turn it off for a sentence such as "one thousand dollars and fifty cents".
• British "and" inserts "and" after hundreds in the international system.

Cheque-writing tips

• Start writing at the far left and draw a line through any space left over.
• The words and digits must match. If they differ, many banks treat the words as the amount.
• Do not abbreviate and do not leave gaps between words.
• Check the paise or cents part carefully; rounding applies after two decimals.

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