How do you spell license?

L-I-C-E-N-S-E

License is spelled L-I-C-E-N-S-E in American English, with a c then an s. British writers spell the noun licence with two c's, and both forms are understood. The license for the stock pictures here is a single page that covers commercial and editorial use.

Spelling tip

American English uses license for both noun and verb; British English uses licence for the noun and license for the verb.

What it means

A license is the written permission that says how you may use stock pictures; on this site it lives at /license/ and applies to every download.

Common misspellings

• licence → license
• lisence → license
• lisense → license
• licens → license
• liscense → license