Words to Numbers Converter — Free Online, Multi-Language
Convert "two hundred forty-two" to 242. Handles English, Spanish, French. Useful for parsing forms and OCR output.
About Words to Numbers
Converting words to numbers translates spelled-out values like "two hundred forty-two" into the numeric form 242. Common in form processing (cheques, contracts, OCR), accessibility (screen-reader output), and bilingual data cleanup. The ZTools Words to Numbers converter handles English (cardinal and ordinal), Spanish, and French up to numbers in the trillions. Decimal expressions ("two and a half"), fractions ("three quarters"), and mixed forms ("two hundred and three thousand four hundred fifty-six") are supported.
Use cases
- Parse cheque amounts. Cheques have both numeric and written amounts. After OCR, validate that "one hundred fifty" matches "$150". Words-to-numbers does the comparison.
- Clean dictation transcripts. Transcripts say "twenty twenty-six" for years; downstream systems want 2026. Convert.
- Multilingual form processing. A French form has "trois cent vingt"; convert to 320 for analysis.
- Build voice-to-data pipelines. Voice assistant captures "five thousand"; downstream handler wants 5000.
How it works
- Paste text. Sentence, paragraph, or just a number-word.
- Pick language. Auto-detect, or force English / Spanish / French.
- Convert. Tool tokenises, identifies number-words, replaces with digits inline. Non-number words preserved.
- Read result. Original text with numbers replaced. Edge cases (ambiguous words) flagged.
Examples
Input: "I have two hundred forty-two apples"
Output: I have 242 apples.
Input: "Three thousand four hundred fifty-six dollars"
Output: 3456 dollars.
Input: "Two and a half"
Output: 2.5.
Input: Spanish: "ciento cincuenta"
Output: 150.
Frequently asked questions
Does it handle ordinals (first, second, third)?
Yes — first → 1, twenty-third → 23. Toggle "ordinal mode" if you need them as ordinals (1st, 23rd) rather than cardinals.
What about millions / billions?
Up to trillions in long-scale (US/UK modern) or short-scale notation. Toggle the scale per language convention.
Decimal numbers?
"Three point one four" → 3.14. "Half" / "quarter" → 0.5 / 0.25.
Edge cases like "a couple"?
"A couple" → 2, "a few" → 3, "a dozen" → 12 (toggle "loose match" for these). Strict mode rejects ambiguous words.
Privacy?
All conversion in browser.
Pro tips
- For cheque processing, validate both directions — words → numbers AND numbers → words — and confirm they match.
- Multilingual? Auto-detect works for clear cases; force the language for short ambiguous strings.
- For "ten million two hundred thousand" style, the converter parses left-to-right; complex expressions might need pre-cleaning.
- Combine with a numbers-to-words tool to round-trip and verify accuracy.
Reviewed by Ahsan Mahmood · Last updated 2026-05-06 · Part of ZTools.
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