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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, written as one word. Keep the -el ending from pixel; -le and -al are both wrong. When people ask how many megapixels our stock photos have, the answer is roughly 33 for a full 8K file.

Spelling tip

One word with no hyphen; the abbreviation is MP with capital letters.

What it means

A megapixel is one million pixels. An 8K image at 7680 by 4320 holds about 33 megapixels, which is why the stock photos here print so large.

Common misspellings

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

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