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title: "559 in words"
description: "559 in words is \"five hundred fifty-nine\". Ordinal form, the British spelling, how to write it on a cheque, and where each word comes from."
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# 559 in words

**559 in words: Five hundred fifty-nine**

559 is written "five hundred fifty-nine". British English inserts "and" before the final part, giving "five hundred and fifty-nine"; American English leaves it out.

## Where each word comes from

*500 + 50 + 9 = 559*

| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 | hundreds | 500 | five hundred |
| 5 | tens | 50 | fifty |
| 9 | ones | 9 | nine |

## The same number, other ways

- **In words (US):** Five hundred fifty-nine
- **In words (UK):** Five hundred and fifty-nine
- **Ordinal:** 559th — five hundred fifty-ninth
- **Roman numeral:** DLIX
- **Digits:** 559

## Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Five hundred and fifty-nine and 00/100" — or "Five hundred and fifty-nine 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 559 in words?

Five hundred fifty-nine. In British English, "five hundred and fifty-nine".

### What is the ordinal of 559?

Five hundred fifty-ninth, written 559th.

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## Sources

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