# Selai Khata or Silai Khata? Both Spellings, One App - Canonical URL: https://www.silaikhata.com/blog/selai-khata-or-silai-khata - Publisher: Silai Khata — CDL Software House (https://cdl.com.pk), Pakistan - Language: English - Published: 2026-09-17 - Last updated: 2026-09-18 People type selai khata, silai khata and sillai khata looking for the same thing. Here is why the Urdu word has no single English spelling, and why every version of it leads to the same place. **In short:** Selai Khata and Silai Khata are the same software — invoicing, measurements and karigar management for tailoring shops in Pakistan. The Urdu word سلائی has no single agreed English spelling, so both are correct, and either one will find us. If you searched for **selai khata** and landed here, you are in the right place. If you searched for **silai khata**, so are you. They are the same app, and the difference is not a mistake anyone made — it is what happens when an Urdu word is written in English letters. ## Why there is no single correct spelling The word is سلائی. It means *stitching*, and *khata* (کھاتا) is the account book a shop has always kept. Put together, سلائی کھاتا is a stitching account book, which is exactly what this software is. Urdu is written in its own script, and there is no official body that decides how an Urdu word should be spelled in English letters. The first vowel in سلائی sits somewhere between an "i" and an "e" — closer to "i" in Lahore, closer to "e" in a lot of everyday speech — so people write down what they hear. Nobody is wrong. You can see the same thing happen to every transliterated word in Pakistan. *Karigar* and *kaarigar*. *Naap* and *nap*. *Darzi* and *darzee*. *Qameez*, *kameez* and *qamees*. All of them are the same word, and everybody understands all of them. ## The spellings people actually type These are the versions that reach us most often. Each one is a real search, typed by a real shop owner looking for a way to stop writing measurements in a notebook: - **Silai Khata** — the most common, and the one written on the site - **Selai Khata** — a very close second, and the reason this article exists - **Sillai Khata** — doubling the "l" to hold the sound - **Silai Khaata** and **Selai Khaata** — stretching the "a" in khata - **Silaikhata** and **Selaikhata** — written as one word, the way a domain is - **سلائی کھاتا** — the original, and the way it appears on the app itself If you have typed any of those, you have found the right software. There is no separate "Selai Khata" product and no other company using the name. ## So what is it? Worth answering plainly, since you may have arrived here only to check the spelling. Silai Khata is software for a tailoring shop in Pakistan. It does four things, and nothing outside them: 1. **Bills.** A numbered invoice with your shop's name on it, the advance and balance calculated as you type, and a link the customer can open on their own phone. 2. **Measurements.** The whole naap book, kept against the customer instead of on a page — shalwar kameez, shirt, trouser, kurta pajama, coat, waistcoat, sherwani and ladies' suit, with the fields your book already uses. 3. **Karigar work.** A job sheet sent on WhatsApp with the garment, the measurements and the delivery date on it — and no price anywhere — plus a running account of what each karigar is owed. 4. **Knowing where you stand.** What is due today, what is late, and who has not collected. It works in Urdu and in English, on a counter PC and on an Android phone that records orders with no signal and syncs them when the signal comes back. There is a longer version of this in [the guide to tailor shop software in Pakistan](/blog/tailor-shop-software-pakistan), and the prices are on [the front page](/#pricing). ## Does the spelling change anything? No. Whichever way you write it: - The website is the same one you are reading. - The Android app is the same file, from [the download page](/download). - The price is the same — there is no separate edition under a different spelling. - Support is the same people, and they answer in Urdu. The only place spelling matters at all is if someone sends you to a site that is not this one. The software is built and owned by CDL Software House in Pakistan, and it is only ever sold from this website. Nobody resells it, and there is no "Selai Khata Pro" or cracked APK that is anything to do with us. ## Writing your own shop's name While we are on the subject, this is worth thinking about for your own shop, because it is the same problem one size down. If your shop is *Al-Madina Tailors*, people will search for *Al Madina Tailor*, *Almadina Tailors* and *Al-Madeena Tailors*. Pick one spelling and use it everywhere — on the board, on your bills, on your WhatsApp Business name and on your Facebook page. Your invoice is the version a customer keeps and reads again, so whatever is printed there is the spelling they will type later. That is covered properly in [how to get more customers into a tailoring shop](/blog/more-customers-tailoring-shop-pakistan). ## The short version Selai khata, silai khata and سلائی کھاتا are the same thing: a stitching account book, and a piece of software named after one. Spell it however it sounds right to you — it will find us either way. ## Frequently asked questions **Is Selai Khata the same as Silai Khata?** Yes. They are two spellings of the same Urdu word سلائی, and both refer to the same tailoring shop software. There is no separate product under either spelling. **What is the correct spelling, selai or silai?** Both are correct. Urdu has no official English transliteration, and the first vowel in سلائی sits between an "i" and an "e". We write it Silai Khata on the site, but selai khata is just as valid. **What does silai khata mean?** It is Urdu for a stitching account book. Silai (سلائی) means stitching and khata (کھاتا) is the account book a shop keeps. The software is named after the thing it replaces. **Will I find the app if I search for selai khata?** Yes. Whichever spelling you search for, the website and the Android app are the same ones. The app is only sold from this site. **Is there a different price for a different spelling?** No. There is one product and one price list, whatever you type to find it.