Words to Numbers Converter
Convert written English numbers to digits — "two hundred forty-six" becomes 246. Handles hyphens, "and", millions, and decimals. It is the inverse of our Number to Words converter.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How does the words to numbers converter work?
- It reads your text word by word, looks each word up in tables of units (one–nine), teens (ten–nineteen), tens (twenty–ninety), and scales (hundred, thousand, million, billion, trillion), and accumulates the value: scale words multiply the running amount and larger scales bank it. "Two hundred forty-six" therefore becomes 246.
- Does it handle hyphenated numbers like forty-two?
- Yes. Hyphenated compounds such as "forty-two" or "ninety-nine" are split at the hyphen and parsed as two words, so "one hundred forty-two" converts to 142.
- What does the converter do with the word "and"?
- "And" is ignored, matching British usage: "one hundred and five" and "one hundred five" both convert to 105.
- Can it convert decimals?
- Yes. Write the decimal part as "point" followed by digit words: "three point one four" becomes 3.14. Each word after "point" must be a single digit (zero through nine).
- Can it convert numbers inside a sentence?
- Yes. Switch to text mode and paste a whole passage — every written number found in the text is replaced with digits while the rest of the sentence is left untouched.
- Is this the opposite of the number to words tool?
- Exactly. This tool turns written words into digits, while our Number to Words converter turns digits into written words — including APA, Chicago, and AP style advice on which form to use.