The official wording on the cheque
Amount to words, in Arabic and English
Amount in words, number to words, tafqeet — one tool. Type the amount in figures, pick the currency, and copy the amount in words exactly as it is written on the cheque — dual, gender and case handled — for 30 currencies. No sign-up, and everything runs on your device.
Accepts Western (0–9) and Arabic-Indic (٠–٩) digits and thousands separators. Dinars use three minor-unit digits (fils); riyals, dirhams and pounds use two.
The rule
The right word in the right box
Arabic numbers agree with the noun in gender, take a dual form for two, and change case from eleven upward. These examples are generated by the same engine that runs inside Sheek.
Next step
The words are ready. The box?
Writing the words is half the cheque. The other half is landing them in the right box on your bank’s leaf — first time, without the boxes drifting under browser and printer scaling. That is what Sheek does.
- Prints on the cheque leaf with millimetre alignment, no scaling
- Calibrate once per printer; the offset is saved
- A ledger for every cheque: issued, cleared, returned
- Your data stays on your PC — nothing is uploaded
Questions
Before you copy
What is tafqeet?
Tafqeet (تفقيط) is writing the cheque amount in words. On Arabic cheques the words line follows Arabic number grammar: two takes a dual form, three to ten disagree in gender with the noun, and eleven to ninety-nine put the noun in the accusative. The words control over the figures, so a wrong word can get a cheque returned.
What is the difference between “faqat” and “la ghair”?
Both are guard words that close the amount line against additions. «… فقط» is the everyday form in the Levant and the Gulf, «… لا غير» is common in Egypt and North Africa, and «فقط … لا غير» is the strongest. Some chequebooks pre-print the guard word on the line — do not repeat it; choose “None”.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs entirely inside your browser; neither the amount nor the currency is sent to any server. After the first load the tool works offline.
Which currencies are supported?
30 currencies: the Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Bahraini, Iraqi, Libyan, Algerian and Tunisian dinars; the Saudi, Omani, Qatari and Yemeni riyals; the UAE and Moroccan dirhams; the Egyptian, Sudanese and British pounds; US and Canadian dollars, the euro, the Turkish lira, and more.
Will the bank accept the wording?
The wording follows the Arabic tafqeet conventions used on cheques. Matching the words to the figures is your responsibility when you copy them by hand; in Sheek the figure is typed once and the words are generated and printed from it, so the two cannot differ.