About NumbersInFrench.com
An Independent French Number Reference
Reviewed against primary sources May 2026
NumbersInFrench.com is an independent reference and converter for French numerical morphology. The home page accepts any integer from 0 to 999,999,999,999 and returns the spelling, IPA, and audio in France, Belgian, and Swiss-cantonal forms. Reference pages cover the 1-100 backbone, the 70-99 vigesimal range, hundreds to milliards, ordinals, dates, prices, phone numbers, and pronunciation. The site is published by Digital Signet and is not a language-learning app or tutor service.
Why this site exists
French numerical morphology scatters across multiple primary sources. The Academie francaise publishes orthographic rulings and the 1990 rectifications on the traits-d'union for compound numerals. The CNRTL (Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales) anchors the lexicographic record. Le Robert and Larousse cross-reference noun gender and plural behaviour. The OQLF (Office quebecois de la langue francaise) attests Quebec norms via its Banque de depannage linguistique. The Universite de Sherbrooke USITO dictionary covers North American French attestations.
Consumer-facing language sites in the SERP head (Babbel, Busuu, Woodward, Lawless, Lingolia, Bunpo) are commercial app-marketing surfaces. They cover French numbers as one chapter of a paid product. NumbersInFrench.com consolidates the converter and the reference layer in one place, with citations back to the primary-source record. The site is editorial, not transactional.
The site exists because the typed-numeral converter intent (e.g. 2008 in french, 97 in french, 1000000 in french) is currently served by ten or so thin tools (write-numbers.com, math.tools, num2word, valeur, mathspage) at roughly 40 words per page. A deeper resource with audio, IPA, breakdown, regional variants, and primary-source citations is a defensible position in that SERP.
Who builds this
NumbersInFrench.com is built and edited by Oliver Wakefield-Smith at Digital Signet. Digital Signet is an independent UK consultancy that publishes a portfolio of single-topic reference sites. The portfolio includes sister sites covering related language-reference topics.
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Editorial position
NumbersInFrench.com is an independent reference and converter. It is not affiliated with the Academie francaise, the CNRTL, Le Robert, Larousse, the OQLF, the Universite de Sherbrooke, France Education International (DELF / DALF), the Council of Europe (CEFR framework), Babbel, Busuu, Woodward French, Lawless French, Kwiziq, Preply, Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone, or any other commercial or governmental body referenced on the site. Brand and institution names appear on the site only for editorial specificity, not endorsement.
Some pages carry disclosed affiliate links to language-learning services (Preply, Babbel, Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone). These links carry rel="noopener sponsored". No paid placement influences which sources are cited or which forms are presented as standard. Editorial decisions follow the primary-source list, not the affiliate program list.
What this site covers
Number Converter
Type any number 0 to 999,999,999,999 and hear the French. Toggle France, Belgium, Switzerland.
Numbers 1 to 100
Every cardinal 1-100 with IPA, audio, and per-number pedagogical notes.
Vigesimal 70-99
Colour-coded arithmetic for soixante-dix, quatre-vingts, quatre-vingt-dix with typed-answer drill.
100 to 1 Billion
Hundreds, thousands, millions, milliards with the cent and mille plural rules.
Regional Variants
Septante, huitante, nonante. Belgian, Swiss-cantonal, and Quebec attestations.
Vigesimal Origin
Why French counts in twenties. Celtic Gaulish roots and the 19th-century standardisation.
Dates in French
Day-month-year format, premier ordinal rule, year-in-words for 1100 to 2030.
Phone Numbers
The French pair-reading convention with the 01-05 / 06-07 / 08 / 09 prefix table.
Prices and Money
Euros, cents, decimal virgule, and the "de" rule before million-class nouns.
Ordinal Numbers
Premier / premiere, the -ieme suffix, second vs deuxieme, abbreviations.
Pronunciation
IPA and audio for every key number with liaison and nasal-vowel rules.
Numbers Quiz
Four-mode quiz: multiple choice, typed, audio, and reverse converter.
Flashcards
Three-mode flashcards: number to French, French to number, audio to number.
Printable Charts
Free print-ready 1-100, 70-99, ordinals, and a blank student worksheet.
Editorial principles
Primary-source pattern
Numerical morphology cited to the Academie francaise (academie-francaise.fr), CNRTL (cnrtl.fr), Le Robert (dictionnaire.lerobert.com), and Larousse (larousse.fr). Quebec attestations cite OQLF (oqlf.gouv.qc.ca). Belgian and Swiss variants cite regional linguistic bodies.
Not language instruction
This site is a reference and a converter. It does not deliver structured language tuition, does not replace a tutor, and does not certify CEFR level achievement (DELF, DALF, TCF route through France Education International).
No fabricated rules
No grammar rule, IPA transcription, or regional attestation is fabricated. IPA cross-references Wiktionnaire francophone (fr.wiktionary.org). Regional norms cite OQLF (Quebec) and the relevant Belgian / Swiss linguistic bodies.
Monthly review cadence
Every page reviewed against the primary-source list on a first-business-week monthly cadence. Out-of-cycle review triggers include Academie rulings, OQLF terminologic updates, and CEFR scale revisions.
Single-source freshness
One constant in lib/schema.ts (LAST_VERIFIED_DATE) drives every freshness indicator: home hero badge, footer stamp, sub-page Updated lines, WebSite dateModified, and Article dateModified across every page.
No regional norm fabrication
Belgian septante / nonante and Swiss-cantonal huitante are attested per OQLF cross-reference and the Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles / Vaud / Valais / Fribourg cantonal usage. Older octante is flagged as historic, not current standard.
Methodology in brief
Numerical morphology cited to the Academie francaise, CNRTL, Le Robert, and Larousse for standard French. Quebec attestations from OQLF and USITO. Belgian and Swiss variants from cantonal usage records and Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles publications. IPA cross-references Wiktionnaire francophone. The 1990 rectifications orthographiques (Journal officiel, 6 December 1990) anchor the traits-d'union rule on compound numerals. The CEFR / DELF / DALF context for where number competence sits is sourced from the Council of Europe and France Education International.
Full methodology, primary-source table, refresh cadence, and corrections process at /methodology.
Disclosures
- Affiliate links to Preply, Babbel, Pimsleur, and Rosetta Stone are disclosed inline and carry the sponsored attribute. They do not influence content or source selection.
- The site uses Google Analytics 4 (G-YDQY4650MD) with anonymised IP, ads-data-redaction, and a cookieless default consent state until the user opts in.
- Audio is rendered client-side via the browser Web Speech API. No audio files leave the browser. No transcripts of user-typed numbers are recorded or transmitted by the site.
- The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages under the Digital Signet Cloudflare account. DNS sits with Cloudflare. The repository is private GitHub under the Digital-Signet org.
Contact and corrections
Source corrections, attribution requests, and editorial questions go to hello@digitalsignet.com. Five-business-day reply target. Please include the page URL, the specific claim or form in question, and a primary-source citation supporting the correction.
This site does not provide language tutoring, translation services, or DELF / DALF certification routing. For accredited language tuition, route through France Education International (france-education-international.fr) or the Alliance Francaise network.