Word guide

How do you spell cheap?

C-H-E-A-P

Cheap is spelled C-H-E-A-P, with e-a in the middle. Cheep with a double e is a different word for the sound a chick makes, and chep is simply missing a letter. Cheap Stock Pictures uses the word to mean stock pictures at no cost.

Spelling tip

The long e sound is written e-a, not e-e; cheep is a bird sound, not a price.

What it means

Cheap means low in cost; on this site it describes stock pictures that cost nothing to download and use.

Common misspellings

  • cheep → cheap
  • chep → cheap
  • cheapp → cheap
  • chaep → cheap
  • cheap pictures → cheap