3 in words
3 in words
Three
3 is written "three". That spelling is the same in British and American English.
Where each word comes from
| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ones | 3 | three |
The same number, other ways
- In words (US)
- Three
- In words (UK)
- Three
- Ordinal
- 3rd — third
- Roman numeral
- III
- Digits
- 3
Writing it on a cheque
On a cheque the amount line reads "Three and 00/100" — or "Three 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 3 in words?
- Three. In British English, "three".
- What is the ordinal of 3?
- Third, written 3rd.
Related pages
- 3 in Roman numerals III
- 0 in words zero
- 1 in words one
- 2 in words two
- 4 in words four
- 8 in words eight
- 11 in words eleven
- 12 in words twelve
- 13 in words thirteen
- 15 in words fifteen
- 19 in words nineteen
- 20 in words twenty
- 21 in words twenty-one
Sources
- Calculated on this page — At One Place