How it works
Cheques, contracts and invoices write the amount in words as well as in figures so that it cannot be altered easily. This tool writes the whole part and the fraction (cents, halalas, piastres, fils) separately, the way banks expect.
English cheque wording
Numbers are split into groups of three digits — billions, millions, thousands, units — and each group is read as “hundreds, tens, units”. Hyphens join tens and units (forty-two). The cents are written as a fraction over 100:
1,250.25 → One thousand two hundred fifty dollars and 25/100Arabic “tafqeet”
Arabic accounting wording starts with faqat (“only”) and ends with la ghayr (“nothing more”), so nothing can be added. Arabic grammar changes the counted noun with the number: 1 and 2 have their own forms, 3–10 take a plural, 11–99 a singular accusative, and round hundreds or thousands a singular. Numbers 3–10 also take the opposite gender of the noun — the calculator handles this for each currency, including feminine halala.
Worked example. SAR 1,250.25 → English: “One thousand two hundred fifty riyals and 25/100”. Arabic: «فقط ألف ومئتان وخمسون ريالًا وخمس وعشرون هللة لا غير». EGP 5.50 → «فقط خمسة جنيهات وخمسون قرشًا لا غير». KWD 7.500 (1,000 fils to the dinar) → «فقط سبعة دنانير وخمسمئة فلس لا غير».
Supported currencies
| Currency | Subunit | Decimals |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi riyal (SAR) | halala | 2 |
| Egyptian pound (EGP) | piastre (qirsh) | 2 |
| UAE dirham (AED) | fils | 2 |
| Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) | fils | 3 |
| US dollar (USD) | cent | 2 |
Amounts up to 999,999,999,999 are supported. Always check the wording before signing a cheque, and follow your bank’s format if it differs. To total several amounts first, use the calculator; for VAT or discounts, the percentage calculator.