Numerology alphabet: what each letter is worth
Both tables in full. No calculation needed to read them.
Chaldean
1 to 8 — no letter is ever 9- 1
- A I J Q Y
- 2
- B K R
- 3
- C G L S
- 4
- D M T
- 5
- E H N X
- 6
- U V W
- 7
- O Z
- 8
- F P
Pythagorean
1 to 9, in alphabetical order- 1
- A J S
- 2
- B K T
- 3
- C L U
- 4
- D M V
- 5
- E N W
- 6
- F O X
- 7
- G P Y
- 8
- H Q Z
- 9
- I R
Letter by letter, side by side
Where the two columns differ, the same letter carries a different value — and that is the whole reason two calculators disagree.
| Letter | Chaldean | Pythagorean | Same? |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | yes |
| B | 2 | 2 | yes |
| C | 3 | 3 | yes |
| D | 4 | 4 | yes |
| E | 5 | 5 | yes |
| F | 8 | 6 | differs |
| G | 3 | 7 | differs |
| H | 5 | 8 | differs |
| I | 1 | 9 | differs |
| J | 1 | 1 | yes |
| K | 2 | 2 | yes |
| L | 3 | 3 | yes |
| M | 4 | 4 | yes |
| N | 5 | 5 | yes |
| O | 7 | 6 | differs |
| P | 8 | 7 | differs |
| Q | 1 | 8 | differs |
| R | 2 | 9 | differs |
| S | 3 | 1 | differs |
| T | 4 | 2 | differs |
| U | 6 | 3 | differs |
| V | 6 | 4 | differs |
| W | 6 | 5 | differs |
| X | 5 | 6 | differs |
| Y | 1 | 7 | differs |
| Z | 7 | 8 | differs |
The two tables agree on 10 letters out of 26 and disagree on 16. That is why the same name so often gives two answers — worked through here.
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Counting SRI SAI ENTERPRISES
The two systems disagree here — Chaldean 9, Pythagorean 7. That is normal: the Chaldean table has no 9, the Pythagorean one does. Why they differ
Spellings that give a different number
Same name, respelled the way names actually are in India — a lengthened vowel, a doubled consonant, a trailing h. Chaldean numbers. 62 spellings across 11 different numbers, from 622 checked.
- ZRI ZAI
- SRI SSAIH
- SRIH SSAI
- SSRI SAIH
- SSRIH SAI
- SRE ZAI
- SREE SAI
- SRI SAEE
- SRI ZAIH
- SRIH ZAI
- ZRI SAIH
- ZRIH SAI
- SRI SAAI
- SRI SAIA
- SRI SAII
- SRIA SAI
- SRII SAI
- SREE SAAI
- SRRI SAI
- SRI SAAIA
- SRI SAAII
- SRI SAIAA
- SRI SAIIA
- SRIA SAAI
- SRI SSAI
- SSRI SAI
- SREE SSAI
- SRI SSAEE
- SRRI SAAI
- SRRI SAIA
- SRI ZAI
- ZRI SAI
- SRE SAI
- SRI SAE
- SREE ZAI
- SRI ZAEE
- SRI SAIH
- SRIH SAI
- SRI ZAAI
- SRI ZAIA
- SRI ZAII
- SRIA ZAI
- SRRI ZAI
- ZRRI SAI
- SRI SAAIH
- SRI SAIAH
- SRI SAIHA
- SRI SAIIH
- SREE SAEE
- SREE ZAIH
- SREEH ZAI
- SRI ZAEEH
- SRIH ZAEE
- ZREE SAIH
- SRREE SAI
- SRRI SAEE
- SRI ZZAI
- SZRI ZAI
- ZRI SZAI
- ZRI ZSAI
- SREE ZAEE
- ZREE SAEE
⚠️ A different number is a different number — not a better one. Nothing here predicts how a business will do. Check any spelling against the MCA register before you file it.