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 hyphen F-R-E-E. The hyphen matters in phrases like royalty-free stock images because the two words act as one adjective. Free here refers to freedom from royalties, not to the copyright, which stays with the site.

Spelling tip

Use the hyphen when it describes a noun; the noun royalty has one l and no i after the t.

What it means

Royalty-free is a licensing model where a single download covers unlimited uses without ongoing payments. Every file on this site is offered as royalty-free stock images.

Common misspellings

• royalty free → royalty-free
• royaltyfree → royalty-free
• royality free → royalty-free
• royaltie-free → royalty-free
• roylaty-free → royalty-free