5 in words
5 in words
Five
5 is written "five". That spelling is the same in British and American English.
Where each word comes from
| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | ones | 5 | five |
The same number, other ways
- In words (US)
- Five
- In words (UK)
- Five
- Ordinal
- 5th — fifth
- Roman numeral
- V
- Digits
- 5
Writing it on a cheque
On a cheque the amount line reads "Five and 00/100" — or "Five 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 5 in words?
- Five. In British English, "five".
- What is the ordinal of 5?
- Fifth, written 5th.
Related pages
- 5 in Roman numerals V
- 2 in words two
- 3 in words three
- 4 in words four
- 6 in words six
- 0 in words zero
- 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
Sources
- Calculated on this page — At One Place