Number to Words

Choose Money, then turn on Cheque style. In English the unit comes first and the line ends with “Only”, the way Sri Lankan cheques are written: “Rupees Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Only”. Write it on the cheque exactly as shown, and draw a line through any space left after it so nothing can be added.

Yes. From one lakh (1,00,000) up, every language shows two lines: one on the international scale of millions, grouped like 1,250,000, and one in lakhs and crores, grouped like 12,50,000. So 1,250,000 is both one million two hundred and fifty thousand and twelve lakh fifty thousand. Each line has its own copy button; use the one that matches how the figure on your form is written. Below one lakh the two are the same, so there is one line.

As a number, each digit after the point is read on its own, so 12.05 is twelve point zero five. As money, the part after the point is the minor unit, such as cents, and is written as a number of its own: twelve rupees and five cents.

Yes. Every number is written in English, Sinhala and Tamil at once, each with its own copy button, whichever language you are reading the site in. The language a form or cheque is filled in decides which one you need.

Up to 15 digits: 999,999,999,999,999, or 999 trillion. Amounts are spelled from the digits you type rather than from a rounded figure, so even the largest one is written exactly, cents included.