LaTeX Change chapter numbering into words instead of numbers in Latex

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To format chapter names as "Chapter One," "Chapter Two," etc., instead of using numerical representations like "Chapter 1," a common approach involves creating an array that contains the text equivalents of numbers. This method allows for easy conversion from numeric indices to their corresponding string values. In Python, for example, an array can be defined with the chapter names, and a loop can iterate through the desired range to print each chapter in the desired format. The output demonstrates how this technique effectively displays the chapter names as intended.
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I need to write chapter names as (Chapter One, Chapter Two,...) instead of (Chapter 1, Chapter 2, ...), how can I do that?
I need to write chapter names as (Chapter One, Chapter Two,...) instead of (Chapter 1, Chapter 2, ...), how can I do that?
 
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One common technique (in C and other languages) is to define an array with text elements that correspond to the index number into the array. That way you can convert from the number to the word.

https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/arrays/
 
Here's a simple illustration in Python:
Python:
chapters5 = ["Zero", "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"]
print(chapters5)
for index in range(1,6):
    print("Chapter", chapters5[index])

Output:
['Zero', 'One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four', 'Five']
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five

Process finished with exit code 0
 
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