How to use this calculator
- Type any word, name, or phrase in the box.
- Its value appears straight away in the ciphers shown; tap Customise to show more, up to all thirty-five.
- Tap any cipher to feature it as the large number, with each letter's value shown below.
- Tap the featured total to see its number properties, such as whether it is prime and what it factors into.
It ignores spaces and punctuation. Most ciphers ignore case, but the Capitals ciphers read uppercase and lowercase letters differently. When you type digits, a Numbers control appears so you can choose how they count.
What is gematria?
Gematria turns words into numbers. Each letter has a value, and you add them up to get a word's total, so "Wisdom" comes to 83 in the simplest method. People compare words that land on the same number to look for connections. For the full story, see our guide to gematria.
Understanding the calculations
The large number is the total for the highlighted cipher. Under it, every letter shows the value that cipher gives it, and those values add up to the total. For example, in English Ordinal the word Wisdom works out as W 23 + i 9 + s 19 + d 4 + o 15 + m 13 = 83. If you type more than one word, the line below shows what each word comes to on its own.
Each cipher assigns numbers to letters in its own way, so the same word lands on a different total in each one. Switch Wisdom to Reverse Ordinal and it becomes 79 instead. Tap any cipher in the grid to feature it. None of them is the one right answer; you use whichever your tradition or method calls for. To read where these ciphers come from and which are old or modern, see the guide to the gematria ciphers.
The grid opens with a basic set of the most-used ciphers so it stays readable. Tap Customise above it to switch any of the thirty-five on or off, or use the Basic, All and None shortcuts, and your choice is remembered on your device. You can also build your own cipher, which then sits in the grid like any other; if you want capital letters to score differently from lowercase, the builder has an option for that.
The small Reduces to line takes the total and adds its digits together down to a single digit, the way numerology does. A total of 83 becomes 8 + 3 = 11, while 48 becomes 4 + 8 = 12, then 1 + 2 = 3. The numbers 11, 22, and 33 are the exception: they are left as they are and called master numbers, so the line stops there instead of reducing further. (This is separate from the Full Reduction cipher, which reduces each letter rather than the final total.)
Tap the large total to open its number properties: whether the number is prime, what it factors into, which sequences it belongs to, and how it reads in binary, hexadecimal and other bases. The same panel sits on the Numbers page, where you can look up any number on its own.
Tap Matching words under the total to see the words and names that share its value in the cipher you have featured. It reads from a dictionary of common words and first names, free and with no limit, so a value like 83 can turn up hundreds of matches at once.
If your text includes digits, like a year or an age, the Numbers buttons set how they are counted. Take the number 2024:
- Smart keeps a short number whole (so 11 stays 11) but splits a long one into single digits, so 2024 becomes 2 + 0 + 2 + 4 = 8.
- Full always uses the whole number, so 2024 stays 2024.
- Reduced adds up the digits, so 2024 becomes 8.
- Off leaves numbers out of the total, the same as not typing them.
Frequently asked questions
What is gematria?
Gematria is a way of turning words into numbers. Each letter is given a value and you add them up. It began with the Hebrew alphabet and has since been adapted to English and other languages.
How do you use a gematria calculator?
Type a word and the calculator adds up its letters in every cipher at once. Tap any cipher to feature it and see the value of each letter.
How does gematria work?
You assign each letter a number using a cipher, then add the numbers for the whole word. Different ciphers give different totals, which is why one word can have several values.
What does "reduces to" mean, and what is a master number?
It adds up the digits of the total until a single digit is left, which numerology calls the root number. So 83 becomes 8 + 3 = 11. The values 11, 22, and 33 are left as they are and called master numbers, because many people read extra significance into them.
How do I calculate the gematria of a date or number?
Type a number like 911, or a date like 1/31, and the calculator offers to spell it out (nine hundred eleven, January 31st). It then adds up the gematria of that written form, which is how many people decode dates and numbers.
How do I see a number's properties?
Tap the featured total, or open the Numbers page, to see whether it is prime, its factors and divisors, and its value in binary and hexadecimal. The line under the total still shows what the value reduces to, with 11, 22 and 33 marked as master numbers.
How do I find other words with the same value?
Tap "Matching words" under the total. A popup lists the words and names in our dictionary that share the value in the cipher you have featured, so "Wisdom" at 83 in English Ordinal turns up hundreds of matches, names included. It is free and unlimited, with no sign-up.
How many ciphers does this calculator use?
Thirty-five, from English Ordinal, Full Reduction and Reverse through Jewish, Standard, Sumerian and Satanic to the prime, square and Fibonacci ciphers, plus English Qaballa, Trigrammaton and Cipher X. For the Hebrew and Greek traditions, use their own calculator pages.
Why don't I see every cipher, and how do I show more?
To keep the grid readable, the calculator shows a basic set of the most-used ciphers. Tap Customise above the grid to switch on any of the thirty-five, or use Basic, All and None to change the whole set at once. Your choice is saved on your device and carries across the English calculator pages.