Spelling · stock photos
How do you spell royalty-free?
Royalty-free is spelled R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y, a hyphen, then F-R-E-E. The hyphen joins the two words into one adjective, which is why the phrase royalty-free stock photos reads as a single idea. Royality with an extra i is a common slip.
Letter by letter
R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y hyphen F-R-E-E
Spelling note
Hyphenate it when it sits in front of a noun, as in royalty-free stock photos, and note the single l in royalty.
What it means for stock photos
Royalty-free means you download or pay once and then use the picture as often as you like without per-use fees. It does not mean the picture is free of copyright.
Common misspellings
royalty free→ royalty-freeroyaltyfree→ royalty-freeroyality-free→ royalty-freeroyaltee-free→ royalty-freeroyalty-fre→ royalty-free