How do you spell license?

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

License is spelled L-I-C-E-N-S-E, and that is the spelling on every page of this site. Licence, ending in -ce, is the British noun form rather than a mistake. Whichever spelling you use, the license for our stock images is what grants you the right to use them.

Spelling tip

License with an s is standard in American English for both noun and verb; British writers use licence for the noun only.

What it means

A license is the written permission that comes with stock images and spells out what you may do with them. This site publishes its terms on the license page.

Common misspellings

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