How do you spell royalty-free?

R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y hyphen F-R-E-E

Royalty-free is spelled R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y, a hyphen, then F-R-E-E. Writers often insert an extra i to make royality, which is wrong. All the stock pictures on this site are royalty-free, meaning one download covers unlimited use.

Spelling tip

Hyphenated when it sits before a noun (royalty-free pictures); royalty is spelled with a y after the t, not -ity.

What it means

Royalty-free describes a license where you obtain a picture once and may use it again and again without paying per use.

Common misspellings

• royality free → royalty-free
• royalty free → royalty-free
• royaltyfree → royalty-free
• royalti-free → royalty-free
• royal-free → royalty-free