21 in words
21 in words
Twenty-one
21 is written "twenty-one". That spelling is the same in British and American English.
Where each word comes from
| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | tens | 20 | twenty |
| 1 | ones | 1 | one |
The same number, other ways
- In words (US)
- Twenty-one
- In words (UK)
- Twenty-one
- Ordinal
- 21st — twenty-first
- Roman numeral
- XXI
- Digits
- 21
Writing it on a cheque
On a cheque the amount line reads "Twenty-one and 00/100" — or "Twenty-one 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 21 in words?
- Twenty-one. In British English, "twenty-one".
- What is the ordinal of 21?
- Twenty-first, written 21st.
Related pages
- 21 in Roman numerals XXI
- 18 in words eighteen
- 19 in words nineteen
- 20 in words twenty
- 22 in words twenty-two
- 0 in words zero
- 8 in words eight
- 11 in words eleven
- 12 in words twelve
- 13 in words thirteen
- 15 in words fifteen
- 40 in words forty
- 42 in words forty-two
Sources
- Calculated on this page — At One Place