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23,000 in words

23,000 in words
Twenty-three thousand

23,000 is written "twenty-three thousand". That spelling is the same in British and American English.

Where each word comes from

20,000 + 3,000 = 23,000
Digit Place Worth Spoken as
2 ten thousands 20,000 twenty thousand
3 thousands 3,000 three thousand

The same number, other ways

In words (US)
Twenty-three thousand
In words (UK)
Twenty-three thousand
Ordinal
23000th — twenty-three thousandth
Digits
23,000

Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Twenty-three thousand and 00/100" — or "Twenty-three thousand 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 23,000 in words?
Twenty-three thousand. In British English, "twenty-three thousand".
What is the ordinal of 23,000?
Twenty-three thousandth, written 23000th.

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Sources

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