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17 in words

17 in words
Seventeen

17 is written "seventeen". That spelling is the same in British and American English.

Where each word comes from

10 + 7 = 17
Digit Place Worth Spoken as
1 tens 10 ten
7 ones 7 seven

The same number, other ways

In words (US)
Seventeen
In words (UK)
Seventeen
Ordinal
17th — seventeenth
Roman numeral
XVII
Digits
17

Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Seventeen and 00/100" — or "Seventeen 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 17 in words?
Seventeen. In British English, "seventeen".
What is the ordinal of 17?
Seventeenth, written 17th.

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Sources

  1. Calculated on this page — At One Place

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