Gematria Calculator: All Ciphers in One Place

Type a word, name or phrase to see its value in every cipher below. Hebrew and Greek letters are detected automatically.

Enter a word, name or phrase

Cipher	Value

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Ciphers in this calculator

Cipher	Rule	Page
English Ordinal	A=1 to Z=26	English calculator
Reverse Ordinal	A=26 to Z=1	Reverse calculator
Full Reduction	Letters cut to 1 to 9	Reduction calculator
Sumerian	Ordinal × 6	Sumerian calculator
Hebrew (Mispar Hechrachi)	Aleph=1 to Tav=400	Hebrew calculator
Greek isopsephy	Alpha=1 to Omega=800	Greek calculator

How to use it

Enter a word, name or phrase. Spaces and punctuation are ignored.
Read each cipher’s total in the table.
Open a cipher page to see its full letter table and examples.

New to this? Start with what gematria is, then see why calculators give different results.

Values calculated from the published letter tables on this site; worked examples checked by hand on 13 November 2026. Written by Muhammad Hanif. Last updated 13 November 2026. Gematria is a symbolic practice, not a prediction tool.

Compare the same word in five English ciphers

Run any word through every English cipher and the totals diverge fast. This table does it for fifteen common words, using the same letter tables as the calculator above.

Word	Ordinal	Reverse	Reduction	Sumerian	Chaldean
love	54	54	18	324	21
light	56	79	29	336	16
truth	87	48	24	522	21
peace	30	105	21	180	22
faith	44	91	26	264	19
hope	44	64	26	264	25
wisdom	83	79	29	498	25
power	77	58	32	462	28
spirit	91	71	37	546	19
earth	52	83	25	312	17
water	67	68	22	402	18
fire	38	70	29	228	16
time	47	61	20	282	14
life	32	76	23	192	17
music	65	70	20	390	17

Which cipher should I choose?

For English words and names: start with English Ordinal, the most widely compared cipher.
For small, comparable totals: use Full Reduction.
For a mirrored view: use Reverse Ordinal.
For larger numbers: use Sumerian, which is Ordinal times six.
For numerology tables: see Chaldean.
For Hebrew texts: use the Hebrew calculator and its variants.
For Greek texts: use Greek isopsephy.

How the calculator handles your input

Letters in the Latin, Hebrew and Greek alphabets are detected automatically.
Spaces, punctuation, digits and symbols are ignored.
Hebrew final letters count as their regular forms in the standard method.
Greek accents and breathing marks are removed, and final sigma counts as 200.
Everything is calculated in your browser, and your text is not sent to our servers.

Details are on our methodology page.

Going further

Once you have a total, you can check its arithmetic in the number properties tool, read about well-known totals on the numbers page, or look up words in the common-words table. If you are new to the subject, what is gematria is the best place to start, and is gematria real gives the sceptical view.

How a gematria calculator works

A gematria calculator does one thing: it turns letters into numbers and adds them. Each cipher is simply a table that says which number belongs to which letter. The calculator reads your text, ignores anything that is not a letter, looks up each remaining letter in the table and adds the values. Nothing about the process is hidden, and you can reproduce any result with a pencil.

The complexity comes from the fact that there is no single official table for English. Hebrew gematria has centuries of tradition behind its letter values, and Greek isopsephy follows the old Greek numeral system. English has only conventions invented in modern times, so different sites offer different ciphers. That is why this page shows several, labels each one, and links to a separate page that explains it.

Because the maths is simple, the useful questions are not about arithmetic but about interpretation: which cipher suits your text, whether the spelling is the one you meant, and how much weight a matching total deserves. The sections below address each.

Thirty more words in five ciphers

Word	Ordinal	Reverse	Reduction	Sumerian	Chaldean
mother	79	83	34	474	27
father	58	104	31	348	25
brother	86	103	41	516	27
sister	90	72	27	540	18
child	36	99	27	216	16
friend	56	106	38	336	25
teacher	60	129	33	360	25
master	76	86	22	456	19
prophet	98	91	44	588	39
king	41	67	23	246	11
queen	62	73	26	372	22
heaven	55	107	28	330	27
kingdom	73	116	37	438	26
glory	77	58	32	462	16
grace	34	101	25	204	14
sacred	50	112	23	300	18
divine	63	99	36	378	22
ancient	66	123	30	396	24
secret	70	92	25	420	22
mystery	125	64	35	750	20
number	73	89	28	438	24
letter	80	82	26	480	23
word	60	48	24	360	19
name	33	75	15	198	15
sign	49	59	22	294	12
symbol	86	76	23	516	20
pattern	94	95	31	564	29
code	27	81	18	162	19
cipher	59	103	41	354	24
meaning	63	126	36	378	24

Well-known phrases across ciphers

Phrase	Ordinal	Reverse	Reduction	Sumerian
know thyself	158	139	50	948
let there be light	156	249	75	936
as above so below	156	222	48	936
good morning	131	166	68	786
thank you	115	101	34	690
happy birthday	153	198	72	918
in the beginning	137	241	83	822
peace be with you	158	220	68	948

Each phrase is treated as one continuous string of letters. Totals will not match another site if that site counts spaces, digits or a different letter table.

Hebrew and Greek need different tools

If your text is in Hebrew or Greek, do not run a transliteration through an English cipher. The values belong to the original letters, and a Latin spelling loses them. Type or paste the original script into the calculator and it will detect the alphabet automatically. For Hebrew you can also compare the standard method with Gadol, Katan and Siduri, and the cipher swaps Atbash, Albam and Avgad.

A common source of confusion is that the same Hebrew word can have a different total under each of these methods. That is expected. Always record which method produced the number.

How to treat a result responsibly

A total is a fact about letters. It is not evidence about meaning. With a few thousand common English words and a limited range of possible totals, many unrelated words share a number by coincidence. People who study gematria seriously treat matches as prompts for interpretation inside a tradition, not as proof of connection, and critics point out that selective choice of cipher and spelling can produce almost any match you want.

A sensible habit is to decide the cipher and spelling before you calculate, write down both, and treat any match as a curiosity. Our sceptical overview covers the arguments in more detail, and the editorial policy explains how we keep our own claims accurate.

Choosing a method for your own text

The right cipher depends on what you are trying to do. If you simply want to see a number for an English word, English Ordinal is the usual choice and gives the figure most sites call the standard. If you are following another person’s work, use the cipher they name, because totals only line up within the same table. If you are reading Hebrew or Greek source text, use the matching calculator, since those alphabets carry the original numeric values.

It is also worth running a word through more than one cipher before reading anything into it. Seeing the same word give 54, 54, 18 and 324 across four ciphers is a reminder that the number depends on the rule, not on the word alone. That habit protects you from the most common mistake in the field, which is to pick the cipher that happens to produce an interesting match.

What the calculator does not do

It does not interpret results, predict anything or assess names. It does not store what you type. It does not decide which cipher is right for you. It adds letter values according to published tables and shows you the arithmetic, and the rest is left to the reader. If you want context for a total, the numbers page and the glossary are the places to look.

Practical tips for better results

Type words as you would normally spell them, and decide on one spelling before you compare. Calculate names and phrases separately when you want to see what each part contributes. When you share a result, write the cipher beside it, for example “54 (English Ordinal)”, so that anyone can check it. If you are curious about a number, the number properties tool will show whether it is prime, what its factors are and where it sits among the triangular numbers, which is useful context and a reminder that every total is first of all an ordinary number.

Frequently asked questions

What is a gematria calculator?

It converts each letter of a word into a number and adds them. Ours shows the total in every cipher at once.

Which cipher should I start with?

English Ordinal for English words, the Hebrew calculator for Hebrew texts and the Greek calculator for Greek.

Why is my result different on another site?

Different ciphers, spellings or final-letter rules. Compare the letter table first.

Is it free and private?

Yes. It needs no account, and your text is calculated in your browser.

How many ciphers does this calculator use?

It shows six systems: four English ciphers (Ordinal, Reverse, Full Reduction, Sumerian), Hebrew and Greek. Chaldean and the Hebrew variants have their own pages.

Why do I see only Hebrew results when I type Hebrew?

The calculator detects the script you type and shows the matching ciphers. Type Latin letters to see the English ciphers.

Does the calculator keep what I type?

No. It runs in your browser and does not send your text to our servers.

Is there one correct gematria cipher for English?

No. English has no historical gematria table, so every English cipher is a modern convention. Choose one, name it, and compare only within it.

Why does my total differ from another website?

Most often the other site uses a different letter table, counts digits, or spells the word differently. Check the cipher name first.

Can I use the calculator for a whole sentence?

Yes. Paste the sentence and the calculator adds every letter. The total equals the sum of the word totals.

Is a matching total meaningful?

It is an observation about letters. Many unrelated words share totals, so a match alone is not evidence of a link.

Which cipher is the default?

English Ordinal is the usual starting point, but you should pick the one that fits your purpose and name it.

Is my input saved?

No. Calculations run in your browser.

Can I calculate Hebrew and English together?

Paste them separately so each is calculated in the right cipher.