Number to Words Converter
Convert numbers to words online for free. Spell out any whole number or decimal in plain English, including negatives — instant and fully in your browser.
Uses the short scale (thousand, million, billion). Decimal digits are read out individually after "point".
Frequently asked questions
- How are decimals read out?
- The whole-number part is spelled in full, then the word 'point' is added and each digit after the decimal is read individually. So 12.5 becomes 'Twelve point five'.
- Which number scale does it use?
- The short scale used in the US and modern UK English — thousand, million, billion, trillion and so on — so 1,000,000 is read as 'one million'.
- Can it handle negative numbers and commas?
- Yes. A leading minus sign is read as 'negative', and commas used as thousands separators are ignored, so both 1,000 and 1000 give 'one thousand'.