A digit where the word is sung

This small standalone number is outside the reviewed time, money, percentage, date, and compound-number exceptions. Delivery or naming can still matter, so the edit requires preview.

Convention: Spell numbers out.

What this check detects

Digits a lyric spells out. Numbers reading as data rather than as words — times, money, percentages, and anything joined by a separator — are exempt, as is a digit inside a written-out song part label.

• 0 → becomes zero

• 1 → becomes one

• 2 → becomes two

• 3 → becomes three

• 4 → becomes four

• 5 → becomes five

• 6 → becomes six

• 7 → becomes seven

• 8 → becomes eight

• 9 → becomes nine

• 10 → becomes ten

Example

[Verse]
I need 5 reasons

In the workbench this reads: Consider spelling out “5” as “five”.

[Verse]
I need five reasons

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with five. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

The source cited by this check:

Number spelling (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-08-12 Spell out numbers with exceptions