What this calculator does
Gematria is the practice of assigning a numeric value to each letter of a word or phrase, then summing them to get a single figure believed to carry meaning, most familiar from Hebrew and Greek numerology, where letters have always doubled as numbers. This gematria calculator applies the same letter-by-letter idea to any text typed in using the Latin alphabet.
Three systems are offered because "gematria" is not one fixed method: English or Simple gematria assigns A=1 through Z=26 in order, Pythagorean gematria reduces each letter to a single digit 1 through 9 and repeats, and the Hebrew standard system here maps each Latin letter to the value of its rough Hebrew-alphabet equivalent. Switching systems on the same word can give quite different totals.
The formula
Every letter in the input is looked up in a table of values for the chosen system, and the values are added together. The total is also reduced to a single digit by repeatedly summing its own digits, a common secondary figure in numerology practice. Non-letter characters, spaces, numbers and punctuation, are ignored.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Gematria | The practice of converting letters to numbers and summing them, to give a word or phrase a numeric value. |
| English / Simple | The system where A=1, B=2, through Z=26, the most direct letter-position mapping. |
| Pythagorean | A numerology system where each letter reduces to a single digit 1 to 9, repeating through the alphabet (A=1... I=9, J=1... ). |
| Digit-reduced value | The total value, repeatedly summed to a single digit, e.g. 74 becomes 7+4=11, then 1+1=2. |
The inputs explained
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Word or phrase | The word or phrase to convert. Only letters are counted; spaces, numbers and punctuation are ignored. |
| Gematria system | The gematria system to use. Each gives a different value for the same text. |
When to use it
Comparing names or phrases
Two words or names that carry the same gematria value, or a value considered significant in a chosen tradition, are sometimes compared this way out of interest.
Checking a value across systems
The same word can carry very different totals under English/Simple versus Pythagorean versus Hebrew standard, so switching the system shows how much the choice of method matters.
Working through a phrase letter by letter
The letter-by-letter table shows exactly which value each individual letter contributed, useful for checking the total by hand or spotting which letters carry the most weight.
Worked examples
Every figure in the tables below is produced by this page’s own calculator at build time, so the numbers and the tool always agree. Select any row to load that scenario.
The same word under each gematria system
The word "Gematria" itself, valued under each of the three systems.
| System | Gematria value | Digit-reduced to a single digit |
|---|---|---|
| English / Simple | 74 | 2 |
| Pythagorean | 38 | 2 |
| Hebrew standard | 353 | 2 |
Questions
What is gematria?
A method of assigning a numeric value to each letter of a word or phrase and summing them, traditionally used in Hebrew and Greek numerology, where letters historically doubled as numbers.
Which gematria system should I use?
There is no single correct system; English/Simple (A=1 to Z=26) is the most direct starting point, while Pythagorean and Hebrew standard follow different traditions. Try more than one if you are exploring the idea rather than following a specific tradition.
Does capitalisation or spacing change the value?
No. The calculator ignores case, spaces and punctuation, and only sums the letters themselves.
What does the digit-reduced value mean?
It is the total value summed down to a single digit (for example 74 becomes 7+4=11, then 1+1=2), a common secondary figure some numerology traditions treat as significant on its own.
For converting text into a different encoding entirely rather than a numeric value, see the binary to text converter.