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How do you spell royalty-free?

Royalty-free is spelled R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y-F-R-E-E with a hyphen between the two words. Royality with an extra i is the usual error, and the term never implies that flower stock photos are free of charge.

Letter by letter

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

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Hyphenated when it sits in front of the noun it describes, as in a royalty-free licence.

What it means for flower stock photos

Royalty-free means you pay once and owe nothing further per use, per print run or per impression. It does not mean the image costs nothing.

Common misspellings

  • royality-free → royalty-free
  • royalty free of charge → royalty-free
  • royaltee-free → royalty-free
  • roylaty-free → royalty-free

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