16 in words
16 in words
Sixteen
16 is written "sixteen". That spelling is the same in British and American English.
Where each word comes from
| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tens | 10 | ten |
| 6 | ones | 6 | six |
The same number, other ways
- In words (US)
- Sixteen
- In words (UK)
- Sixteen
- Ordinal
- 16th — sixteenth
- Roman numeral
- XVI
- Digits
- 16
Writing it on a cheque
On a cheque the amount line reads "Sixteen and 00/100" — or "Sixteen only" in Indian and much of Commonwealth practice. The fraction or the word "only" exists to stop anyone appending digits after what you wrote. Draw a line through any space left over for the same reason.
Common questions
- How do you write 16 in words?
- Sixteen. In British English, "sixteen".
- What is the ordinal of 16?
- Sixteenth, written 16th.
Related pages
- 16 in Roman numerals XVI
- 13 in words thirteen
- 14 in words fourteen
- 15 in words fifteen
- 17 in words seventeen
- 0 in words zero
- 8 in words eight
- 11 in words eleven
- 12 in words twelve
- 19 in words nineteen
- 20 in words twenty
- 21 in words twenty-one
- 40 in words forty
Sources
- Calculated on this page — At One Place