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Number to Words

Spell out any number in English, Korean, or Japanese — for cheques, contracts, or just clarity.

In words

one million two hundred thirty-four thousand five hundred sixty-seven

Tip: decimals are spelled digit-by-digit after the decimal point.

How to use

  1. Type a number (digits, decimal point, optional minus sign).
  2. Pick the language (English / Korean / Japanese).
  3. Tap an example chip to try a sample.
  4. Copy the spelled-out text.

About this tool

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Write a number out in words in English, Korean or Japanese — the form a cheque, a contract or a spoken sentence needs. The three languages are not merely different vocabulary, and this is where the tool earns its place. English groups digits in threes and names each group thousand, million, billion, which is why commas fall every three digits. Korean and Japanese group in ten-thousands instead, with 만 and 万 for ten thousand and 억 and 億 for a hundred million, a unit English has no single word for at all. So a large figure does not translate by moving the separators around; the whole grouping changes. Everything runs locally in your browser, so the number you are converting is never uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

How big can the number be?

Integer part uses BigInt, so practically unlimited. English supports up to decillion (10^33); Korean / Japanese support up to 極 (10^48), more than enough for currency or scientific use.

How are decimals spelled?

English: 'three point one four'. Korean: '삼 점 일사'. Japanese: '三点一四'. Each digit after the decimal is read individually.

Does Korean use native or Sino-Korean numbers?

Sino-Korean (일, 이, 삼, …), which is the system used for prices, dates, and most formal contexts. Native Korean (하나, 둘, 셋) is for counting objects and ages and isn't generated here.

Is the output ready for a cheque?

Close — most cheques want 'Twenty-five and 00/100' style with currency words. Use this output as a starting point and add the currency / cents phrasing manually.

Is 'billion' here a thousand million or a million million?

A thousand million — this uses the short scale, where each new name is a thousand times the last: million 10⁶, billion 10⁹, trillion 10¹², quadrillion 10¹⁵. Most of continental Europe and much of Latin America use the long scale instead, where a billion is 10¹² and 10⁹ is a milliard, so the same digits get a different word. English-language finance and journalism settled on the short scale decades ago, but if you are translating a figure out of a European source, check which scale it was written in before trusting the word.

Why do the Korean and Japanese readings group differently?

Because those languages count in ten-thousands, not thousands. Western grouping breaks at 10³ and renames every three digits; Korean and Japanese break at 10⁴ and rename every four — 만 / 万 is 10⁴, 억 / 億 is 10⁸, 조 / 兆 is 10¹², 경 / 京 is 10¹⁶. That is why 100,000,000 is 'one hundred million' in English but a single unit, 1억, in Korean, and why comma placement copied from an English document reads awkwardly in either language. The digits are identical; only where you cut them changes.

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