Word guide

How do you spell megapixel?

M-E-G-A-P-I-X-E-L

Megapixel is spelled M-E-G-A-P-I-X-E-L as a single word. It ends in -el because it is built on pixel, so megapixle and megapixal are wrong. A full 8K download from Affordable Stock Images works out to about 33 megapixels of stock images.

Spelling tip

One word, no hyphen, ending in -el exactly like pixel; the short form is MP.

What it means

A megapixel is a million pixels and is a handy way to compare image sizes. The 8K stock images on this site contain roughly 33 megapixels each.

Common misspellings

  • mega pixel → megapixel
  • mega-pixel → megapixel
  • megapixle → megapixel
  • megapixal → megapixel
  • megapixell → megapixel