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Number Words Spelling List

Numbers spelling words from one to a billion: hear each in a sentence, type it, retry the misses.

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List 1: one to ten

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  1. 1.oneShe has one red pencil left.
  2. 2.twoTwo boats raced across the lake.
  3. 3.threeThree owls sat on the fence.
  4. 4.fourOur table seats four people.
  5. 5.fiveHe counted five fingers on his glove.
  6. 6.sixShe packed six apples for lunch.
  7. 7.sevenSeven frogs hopped off the log.
  8. 8.eightDinner starts at eight tonight.
  9. 9.nineNine players ran onto the field.
  10. 10.tenCount to ten before you peek.

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List 1: one to ten 10

  • one She has one red pencil left.
  • two Two boats raced across the lake.
  • three Three owls sat on the fence.
  • four Our table seats four people.
  • five He counted five fingers on his glove.
  • six She packed six apples for lunch.
  • seven Seven frogs hopped off the log.
  • eight Dinner starts at eight tonight.
  • nine Nine players ran onto the field.
  • ten Count to ten before you peek.

List 2: eleven to twenty 10

  • eleven Eleven candles lit up the cake.
  • twelve Six plus six makes twelve.
  • thirteen Thirteen steps lead up to the attic.
  • fourteen My sister turns fourteen in May.
  • fifteen The quiz took fifteen minutes.
  • sixteen Sixteen crayons fit in the small box.
  • seventeen We counted seventeen geese overhead.
  • eighteen Eighteen students rode the first bus.
  • nineteen Nineteen students signed the card.
  • twenty Ten plus ten makes twenty.

List 3: zero, the tens, hundred and thousand 10

  • zero Five minus five leaves zero.
  • thirty Recess lasts thirty minutes.
  • forty Forty chairs filled the gym.
  • fifty The jar held fifty jelly beans.
  • sixty The timer was set for sixty seconds.
  • seventy Grandpa turned seventy last week.
  • eighty The trail is eighty miles long.
  • ninety She scored ninety points on the test.
  • hundred A hundred balloons floated up.
  • thousand A thousand lights lit the ice rink.

List 4: twenty-one to thirty-eight 10

  • twenty-one The bus has twenty-one seats.
  • twenty-two Twenty-two players shared the field.
  • twenty-four A carton held twenty-four juice boxes.
  • twenty-five The ticket costs twenty-five cents.
  • twenty-seven The farmer counted twenty-seven hens.
  • twenty-eight Seven times four is twenty-eight.
  • thirty-two He read thirty-two pages last night.
  • thirty-three Thirty-three kids signed up for the play.
  • thirty-five The drive took thirty-five minutes.
  • thirty-eight She collected thirty-eight shells.

List 5: forty-two to fifty-eight 10

  • forty-two Forty-two kites filled the windy sky.
  • forty-four The parking lot holds forty-four cars.
  • forty-five Lunch is over in forty-five minutes.
  • forty-eight Forty-eight cupcakes sold by noon.
  • forty-nine Seven times seven is forty-nine.
  • fifty-three Page fifty-three has the map.
  • fifty-five Grandpa keeps fifty-five stamps in a tin.
  • fifty-six Eight times seven is fifty-six.
  • fifty-seven The library got fifty-seven new books.
  • fifty-eight It was fifty-eight degrees at dawn.

List 6: sixty-five to ninety-nine 10

  • sixty-five Grandma retired at sixty-five.
  • sixty-eight Sixty-eight runners finished the race.
  • seventy-three Locker seventy-three is mine.
  • seventy-seven Seven times eleven is seventy-seven.
  • seventy-nine The used bike cost seventy-nine dollars.
  • eighty-three The answer is on page eighty-three.
  • eighty-eight Eight times eleven is eighty-eight.
  • eighty-nine My great-aunt is eighty-nine years old.
  • ninety-four He got ninety-four on the spelling test.
  • ninety-nine The game costs ninety-nine cents.

List 7: first to tenth 10

  • first She was first in line today.
  • second His desk is second from the door.
  • third We live on the third floor.
  • fourth He finished fourth in the race.
  • fifth This is my fifth library book.
  • sixth The sixth song was the loudest.
  • seventh Their team scored in the seventh inning.
  • eighth Her birthday is the eighth of June.
  • ninth The ninth page has a riddle.
  • tenth We cheered for the tenth runner.

List 8: eleventh to twentieth 10

  • eleventh The store opens on the eleventh.
  • twelfth She read the twelfth chapter twice.
  • thirteenth The thirteenth step always creaks.
  • fourteenth Our play opens on the fourteenth.
  • fifteenth The book fair ends on the fifteenth.
  • sixteenth Today is her sixteenth birthday.
  • seventeenth He sat in the seventeenth row.
  • eighteenth The eighteenth hole was the hardest.
  • nineteenth School starts on the nineteenth.
  • twentieth It is their twentieth game this year.

List 9: twenty-first to thirtieth 10

  • twenty-first The fair opens on the twenty-first.
  • twenty-second Our trip begins on the twenty-second.
  • twenty-third She works on the twenty-third floor.
  • twenty-fourth The concert is on the twenty-fourth.
  • twenty-fifth It was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • twenty-sixth Picture day is the twenty-sixth.
  • twenty-seventh He was the twenty-seventh person in line.
  • twenty-eighth The twenty-eighth is a Saturday.
  • twenty-ninth Camp ends on the twenty-ninth.
  • thirtieth The party is on the thirtieth.

List 10: thirty-first to ninety-ninth 10

  • thirty-first The month ends on the thirty-first.
  • thirty-second She crossed the line in thirty-second place.
  • forty-third Our seats are in the forty-third row.
  • forty-fourth It was the team's forty-fourth win.
  • fifty-fifth Grandpa had his fifty-fifth birthday.
  • sixty-sixth The elevator stopped at the sixty-sixth floor.
  • seventy-seventh He was the seventy-seventh runner home.
  • eighty-eighth Her eighty-eighth birthday had a huge cake.
  • ninety-seventh The ninety-seventh page was torn.
  • ninety-ninth This is the ninety-ninth time I asked.

List 11: hundreds, thousands, million and billion 10

  • one hundred The jar holds one hundred marbles.
  • two hundred Two hundred people watched the play.
  • five hundred The tower has five hundred steps.
  • nine hundred The hall seats nine hundred fans.
  • one thousand The prize was one thousand dollars.
  • four thousand Four thousand fans filled the stands.
  • eight thousand The peak is eight thousand feet high.
  • ten thousand The stadium holds ten thousand people.
  • million A million stars seemed to shine.
  • billion The beach held a billion grains of sand.

List 12: fraction words 10

  • half He ate half of the sandwich.
  • halves The two halves of the locket matched.
  • quarter She saved a quarter of her allowance.
  • thirds Fold the letter into thirds.
  • fourths We sliced the pizza into fourths.
  • fifths Two fifths of the class walked home.
  • eighths The pie was cut into eighths.
  • ninths Three ninths equal one third.
  • tenths Five tenths equal one half.
  • twelfths Six twelfths equal one half.

How it works

These 120 number words run from one to a billion: the counting numbers, the tens, hyphenated numbers such as forty-four, ordinals from first to ninety-ninth, and fraction words. Forty, ninth and twelfth are the ones that trip.

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Number word spelling practice, list by list

Lists 1 to 3 are one to twenty, then zero, the tens, hundred and thousand. Lists 4 to 6 are hyphenated numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine. Lists 7 to 10 are ordinals: first to twentieth, the dates up to thirtieth, then thirty-first to ninety-ninth. List 11 has hundreds and thousands in two words, with million and billion, and List 12 has fraction words from half to twelfths. The order is only our suggestion.

  • Eleven and twelve began as one left and two left, counted past ten, says the American Heritage Dictionary.
  • Fifth and twelfth swap the ve of five and twelve for an f.
  • Eighth adds only an h to eight, so it has one t.

Questions and answers

How do you spell the numbers 1 to 20 in words?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. Lists 1 and 2 hold them in this order.

Is it forty or fourty, ninth or nineth?

Forty and ninth. Wiktionary marks fourty as obsolete and nineth as a misspelling. Four keeps its u in fourteen and fourth, and nine keeps its e in nineteen and ninety.

Do numbers need a hyphen when written in words?

Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine take one, and so do their ordinals, such as twenty-first. One hundred is two words with no hyphen, and so is ten thousand; hundred stays singular: two hundred. The test marks a missing hyphen or space wrong.

Which spelling words with numbers sound like another word?

Six: one (won), two (to, too), four (for, fore), six (sicks, sics), eight (ate) and fourth (forth). The sentence read with each word tells which is meant, and the results say so when the sound-alike is typed.

How do you spell the ordinal numbers first to twelfth?

First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth. List 7 holds the first ten, and List 8 goes on from eleventh to twentieth.

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