3000/Mistake

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Source Work

1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):

The Dictionary
$3000$


Mistake

The smallest number requiring more than $12$ letters to write in the English language. It uses $13$.


Well, $101$ uses more than $12$ letters for a start:

one hundred and one, for $16$ letters

or, in the American style:

one hundred one, for $13$ letters.


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