How do you spell illustration?

I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N

Illustration is spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N with two l's. Writing only one l is the usual mistake. On this site, illustration is a tag used for royalty-free photos with a graphic or painted look.

Spelling tip

Double l near the start, single t in the middle, -tion ending.

What it means

An illustration is a drawn, painted, or rendered image rather than a camera capture; some royalty-free photos here lean toward an illustrative style.

Common misspellings

• ilustration → illustration
• illustation → illustration
• illustraion → illustration
• illistration → illustration
• illustrattion → illustration