Letters of Names of Numbers in Alphabetical Order

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Theorem

English

When written in English, the only integer the letters of whose name appear in alphabetical order is:

$40$: forty


French

When written in French, the only integers the letters of whose name appear in alphabetical order are:

\(\ds 2:\) \(\) \(\ds \) deux
\(\ds 5:\) \(\) \(\ds \) cinq
\(\ds 10:\) \(\) \(\ds \) dix
\(\ds 100:\) \(\) \(\ds \) cent