This tool spells any whole number into Georgian words. Georgian is one of the few European languages that counts in a base-20 (vigesimal) system, and this converter applies those rules automatically. It runs entirely in your browser.
How it works
For 20-99, Georgian builds tens from multiples of twenty: 40 is ორმოცი (two-twenties), 60 is სამოცი (three-twenties), 80 is ოთხმოცი (four-twenties). The odd tens 30, 50, 70 and 90 are formed as “previous-twenty plus ten”. Units attach with the connector და (and), and the trailing word drops its nominative ending — so 21 is ოცდაერთი and 75 is სამოცდათხუთმეტი. Above 99 the hundreds, thousands, millions and billions scale words are added.
The base-20 structure in detail
The vigesimal system can feel unfamiliar to speakers of decimal languages. Here is how it works across the 20–99 range:
| Number | Literal meaning | Georgian |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | twenty | ოცი |
| 30 | twenty-and-ten | ოცდაათი |
| 40 | two-twenties | ორმოცი |
| 50 | two-twenties-and-ten | ორმოცდაათი |
| 60 | three-twenties | სამოცი |
| 70 | three-twenties-and-ten | სამოცდაათი |
| 80 | four-twenties | ოთხმოცი |
| 90 | four-twenties-and-ten | ოთხმოცდაათი |
Numbers that fall between a ten and the next multiple of twenty are formed by adding the units to the appropriate tens base. The connector და (and) joins the tens base to the unit, and the base word drops its nominative suffix -ი before the connector. For example: 21 = ოცდაერთი, 45 = ორმოცდახუთი, 77 = სამოცდაჩვიდმეტი.
Worked example: 1234
The number 1234 decomposes as 1 thousand + 2 hundreds + 34. The 34 is one-twenty plus fourteen (ოცდათოთხმეტი):
| Part | Georgian |
|---|---|
| 1000 | ათას |
| 200 | ორას |
| 34 (= 20 + 14) | ოცდათოთხმეტი |
Read together: ათას ორას ოცდათოთხმეტი.
Why Georgian uses base-20
Georgian shares its vigesimal number system with a handful of other Caucasian languages, including Abkhaz and some Kartvelian relatives, as well as with historically unrelated languages like classical French (quatre-vingts = four-twenties, for 80). The Georgian system is ancient and grammatically fully integrated — Georgian children learning to count learn the twenty-unit cycles, not a ten-based system borrowed later. The converter handles all the contraction and connector rules automatically so you do not need to memorise which suffix drops before და.
When you need this converter
- Writing cheques or legal documents in Georgian — Georgian financial documents traditionally require numbers written out in full words. The converter gives you the correct spelled form immediately.
- Language learning — Seeing the spelled-out form alongside the digit is an efficient way to internalise the vigesimal structure, especially for the 30–99 range where the pattern is least intuitive for English speakers.
- Translation and localisation — If you are localising software for a Georgian audience and need to display amounts or quantities in words (for example, in confirmation screens or invoices), this tool generates the correct form for any value up to twelve digits.
- Academic or linguistic reference — The full spelled form shows the structure of Georgian numerals in a way that linguistic examples often cannot, because you can try any number rather than being limited to textbook examples.
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