About this tool
Handy for writing cheques, filling in legal or financial forms, or teaching. Plain mode spells the number as words; cheque mode formats it as dollars and cents, the way banks expect it written. Everything runs in your browser.
Spell out any number, or format it as dollars and cents for a cheque.
Handy for writing cheques, filling in legal or financial forms, or teaching. Plain mode spells the number as words; cheque mode formats it as dollars and cents, the way banks expect it written. Everything runs in your browser.
The amounts people write out most often, spelled in full and in the format used on a cheque. Find your figure and copy the wording. For an exact value including cents, use the converter above.
| Figure | In words | On a cheque |
|---|---|---|
| $50 | Fifty | Fifty and 00/100 |
| $100 | One hundred | One hundred and 00/100 |
| $150 | One hundred and fifty | One hundred and fifty and 00/100 |
| $200 | Two hundred | Two hundred and 00/100 |
| $250 | Two hundred and fifty | Two hundred and fifty and 00/100 |
| $300 | Three hundred | Three hundred and 00/100 |
| $400 | Four hundred | Four hundred and 00/100 |
| $500 | Five hundred | Five hundred and 00/100 |
| $600 | Six hundred | Six hundred and 00/100 |
| $750 | Seven hundred and fifty | Seven hundred and fifty and 00/100 |
| $800 | Eight hundred | Eight hundred and 00/100 |
| $1,000 | One thousand | One thousand and 00/100 |
| $1,200 | One thousand two hundred | One thousand two hundred and 00/100 |
| $1,250 | One thousand two hundred and fifty | One thousand two hundred and fifty and 00/100 |
| $1,500 | One thousand five hundred | One thousand five hundred and 00/100 |
| $1,750 | One thousand seven hundred and fifty | One thousand seven hundred and fifty and 00/100 |
| $2,000 | Two thousand | Two thousand and 00/100 |
| $2,500 | Two thousand five hundred | Two thousand five hundred and 00/100 |
| $3,000 | Three thousand | Three thousand and 00/100 |
| $3,500 | Three thousand five hundred | Three thousand five hundred and 00/100 |
| $4,000 | Four thousand | Four thousand and 00/100 |
| $5,000 | Five thousand | Five thousand and 00/100 |
| $6,000 | Six thousand | Six thousand and 00/100 |
| $7,500 | Seven thousand five hundred | Seven thousand five hundred and 00/100 |
| $8,000 | Eight thousand | Eight thousand and 00/100 |
| $10,000 | Ten thousand | Ten thousand and 00/100 |
| $12,000 | Twelve thousand | Twelve thousand and 00/100 |
| $15,000 | Fifteen thousand | Fifteen thousand and 00/100 |
| $18,000 | Eighteen thousand | Eighteen thousand and 00/100 |
| $20,000 | Twenty thousand | Twenty thousand and 00/100 |
| $25,000 | Twenty five thousand | Twenty five thousand and 00/100 |
| $30,000 | Thirty thousand | Thirty thousand and 00/100 |
| $50,000 | Fifty thousand | Fifty thousand and 00/100 |
| $100,000 | One hundred thousand | One hundred thousand and 00/100 |
Indian cheques group digits differently from the international system: the last three, then in twos. So 1,50,000 reads as One Lakh Fifty Thousand, not one hundred fifty thousand. Banks expect the line to open with Rupees and close with Only, which stops anyone adding to the amount after you have signed. Paise are written the same way when there are any. The Indian cheque tab above produces exactly that line, ready to copy.
The same grouping is standard in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. For a cheque drawn on a bank outside those countries, use the dollars and cents tab instead.
If the words and the figures disagree, the bank treats the written words as the correct amount, so getting the spelling right matters.
Turning a figure into words, "one thousand two hundred and fifty", is needed more often than you might think: writing cheques, drafting legal and financial documents, and filling in forms all call for it, because words cannot be altered as easily as digits. The tool above spells out any number, and many versions also produce the currency wording used on cheques.
The conventions. Numbers are grouped in threes (thousands, millions, billions) and read group by group. Whether to include "and" (as in "two hundred and five") differs between British and American usage: British English uses it before the tens or units, American English often drops it. On cheques, the amount is written in words for the whole units and the cents or pence are usually given as a fraction or figures.
Why words beat digits on documents. A digit can be changed with a single stroke of a pen, but altering a written-out amount is obvious, which is why the words are treated as the definitive value on a cheque and the figures as a cross-check. If the two disagree, the written words normally take precedence, so spelling them correctly matters.
Write it as One thousand five hundred and 00/100 on the words line, with 1,500.00 in the amount box. The word Dollars is usually already printed at the end of the line.
It is the value spelled out in full for the whole dollars, followed by the cents as a fraction over 100, for example Two thousand five hundred and 50/100. The written words are the legally definitive amount on the cheque.
Type the number and it is spelled out instantly, for example 1234 becomes one thousand two hundred thirty-four. Turn on cheque mode to format it as dollars and cents for writing a cheque.
Enter the amount such as 1250.75 and switch to cheque mode. It produces a line like one thousand two hundred fifty dollars and seventy-five cents, ready to copy onto the cheque.
It handles values up to the quadrillions, well beyond everyday amounts, and includes the decimal part when present.