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How do you spell license?

License is spelled L-I-C-E-N-S-E in American English, and that is the spelling used throughout this site. Licence with a c is the British noun, so it is a regional variant rather than an error. Whichever you type, the terms for our stock photos are at /license/.

Letter by letter

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

Spelling note

American English uses license for both noun and verb; British English writes the noun licence with a c and the verb license with an s.

What it means for stock photos

A license is the permission that tells you what you may do with stock photos you download. The terms for this site live on the license page.

Common misspellings

  • licence → license
  • lisence → license
  • liscense → license
  • licensce → license
  • lincense → license

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